Cygnet : The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird

A single-volume pairing of two of the World Fantasy Award-winning author's classic tales includes The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird, in which the fate of the Ro family unfolds in a magical world of myth and mayhem. By the author of The Tower at Stony Wood. Original. 15,000 first printing. "For the legendary clairvoyant, astrologer, and physician Maestro Nostradamus, the future is a mystical vortex of myriad events and endless possibilities, forever in motion. But for young swordsman Alfeo Zeno, his apprentice and protector, the present is hard enough to contend with. His days are spent poring over astrology charts and making calculations; his nights learning arcane magic or transcribing Nostradamus's nebulous prophecies. Until one night, when the Council of Ten arrives to take the seer into custody." "It seems that a high-ranking friend of the prince died under mysterious circumstances after Nostradamus cast his horoscope, warning of danger, and rumors are swirling that the mystic poisoned the victim to enhance his own reputation. Alfeo is stunned when his master refuses to flee. Instead, Nostradamus insists on staying in Venice, charging Alfeo with the task of clearing his name. From the heights of power, passion, and deceit, to the very darkest realms of the netherworld, Alfeo must unravel a web of magic and murder if he is to have any future of his own."--Jacket In the realm of fantasy, one name stands out from the crowd. For many years, Patricia A. McKillip has charmed readers with her "unique brand of prose magic" (Locus). Now, for the first time in one volume, she offers two of her classic tales-The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird-which delve into the fate of the Ro family and an otherworld rich in myth and mayhem, magic and adventure. In THE SORCERESS AND THE CYGNET, Corleu, child of the Wayfolk, tries to rescue his people when they become lost. But his endeavours lead him into another world - home of the Blind Lady, the Blood Fox and the Dancer. A world where his search for knowledge leads to riddles, until he discovers the destiny of the Guardian of the Maze. In THE CYGNET AND THE FIREBIRD, a pair of mysterious firebirds appear in their world, the first transforming random objects and the second altering time in order to steal, leaving the sorceress Nyx and her cousin Meguet to investigate a dark mystery

In the realm of fantasy, one name stands out from the crowd. For many years, Patricia A. McKillip has charmed readers with her "unique brand of prose magic" (Locus). Now, for the first time in one volume, she offers two of her classic tales-The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird-which delve into the fate of the Ro family and an otherworld rich in myth and mayhem, magic and adventure

In the realm of fantasy, one name stands out from the crowd. For many years, Patricia A. McKillip has charmed readers with her "unique brand of prose magic" ( Locus ). Now, for the first time in one volume, she offers two of her classic tales- The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird -which delve into the fate of the Ro family and an otherworld rich in myth and mayhem, magic and adventure