Princess of Wands

Ringo, John

ISBN 10: 1416573860 / ISBN 13: 9781416573869

Published by Baen Books, New York, 2007

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Spine a bit slanted, creased, minor edge wear and rubbing. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 422 pages; "Barbara Everette, homemaker living in a small town in Mississippi, had the perfect life. She cooked and cleaned and managed all of the chores of the modern suburbanite . Perfectly. But Barbara simply had to have 'one weekend off.' Waving goodbye to her perfect family, she set out on the quest for a weekend of peace and maybe some authentic Cajun food. "Detective Sergeant Kelly Lockhart, New Orleans Homicide, had a perfect record on his latest case: not a single suspect. His best source: an old fortune-teller, who was sending him into the bayou, down in the land of authentic Cajun food, with the instruction to 'watch for the Princess.' Or die. "Barbara and Kelly were heading to a rendezvous that might be fate. There was more cooking in the swamps than jambalaya. Unknown to either, the mystery of the Bayou Ripper had Special Circumstances. ".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Princess of Wands
• Publisher: Baen Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416573860
• ISBN 13: 9781416573869
• Binding: Mass Market paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Hickman, Stephen [Cover]
• Edition: 1st Paperback printing.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Synopsis

Special: distinguished by some unusual quality . . .
Circumstances: a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event . . .
Barbara Everette, homemaker living in a small town in Mississippi, had the perfect life. Perfect husband, perfect children, perfect house, perfect Christian Faith. She cooked and cleaned perfectly and managed all of the chores of the modern suburbanite, toting the kids, running the PTA, teaching kung-fu in the local dojo . . . perfectly. But perfection has a price and the day came when Barbara snapped. She simply had to have "one weekend off." God had to grant her that much. It said no where that she was a slave. Waving goodbye to her hapless, entirely undomestic husband, she set out on the quest for a weekend of peace and maybe some authentic Cajun food.
Detective Sergeant Kelly Lockhart, New Orleans Homicide, had a perfect record on his latest case: not a single suspect. And there should be at least five or six, given the DNA traces on the many bodies. Furthermore, his sole really outstanding clue, a mysterious fish scale, had disappeared into the recesses of the FBI Crime Lab. But the old fortune-teller was sending him into the bayou, down in the land of authentic Cajun food, on the track of a mysterious pimp with the admonition to "watch for the Princess." Or die. Barbara and Kelly were heading to a rendezvous that might be fate and might reveal the hand of God. There was more cooking in the swamps than jambalaya. Unknown to either, the mystery of the Bayou Ripper had Special Circumstances.

About the Author

John Ringo is the New York Times best-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.