The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
(eBook)

WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER EDITION "Rich and regal." -The New York Times New introduction by Marjorie Liu (The Tangleroot Palace) New illustrations by Stephanie Law (Shadowscapes) Fifty years ago, the soon-to-be celebrated young author Patricia A. McKillip (the Riddle-Master trilogy) penned the classic tale of an iron-willed young sorceress and her captivating menagerie. This lovely 50th anniversary hardcover special edition features new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as original cover art by an award-winning illustrator. Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts: Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments. But when a soldier bearing an infant arrives, Sybel discovers that the world of man and magic is full of both love and deceit, with the possibility of more power than she can possibly imagine. Patricia A. McKillip was the beloved author of twenty-seven fantasy novels, including The Riddle-Master of Hed, Harpist in the Wind, Ombria in Shadow, Solstice Wood, and The Sorceress and the Cygnet. She received the inaugural World Fantasy Award for The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and later received the World Fantasy lifetime achievement award. She was also a three-time Mythopoeic Award winner. Her more recent works included the novel Kingfisher and the collection Dreams of Distant Shores. Internationally-bestselling author Gail Carriger's debut novel, Soulless, won the ALA's Alex Award. Her wildly popular steampunk Parasolverse contains multiple series and was also published as a graphic novel. Carriger has received the Prix Julia Verlanger, the Elbakin Award, and the Starburner Award in Literature. Her novels have been published in eighteen languages. She lives in California. "With delicate line drawings to match the sleek, silver majesty of its prose, this fresh edition of the inaugural World Fantasy Award winner stands to be treasured by generations to come." -Foreword "Rich and regal." -New York Times "Before Daenerys was Mother of Dragons, Sybel commanded beasts of all kinds. McKillip offers up a powerful character full of passion, determination, obsession, and love." -A. C. Wise, author of The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories "I admit it: I have been seduced by Patricia A McKillip's The Forgotten Beasts of Eld . . . gorgeous, lyrical prose." -Guardian "With its elegant language and lovingly rendered heroine, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld has won the love of readers young and old alike - it's a book that feels richer with every rereading." -Reedsy, The 60 Best Fantasy Books of All Time "Like the [Lord of the] Rings trilogy or the Earthsea books . . . This magical moonlit fantasy has dignity and romance, heart-stopping suspense, adventure, richness of concept and language and-perhaps rarest of all in romantic fantasy-a sly sense of humor." -Publishers Weekly "This is what great literature looks like: bold, self-incisive, powerfully feminist without drawing attention to anything but the prose, the characters, and the story." -Usman T. Malik, author of The Pauper Prince and The Eucalyptus Jinn "This is my favorite book of all time. If I had to pick a desert island book, it would be this one." -Gail Carriger, New York Times bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate "Rich and lyric prose." -Bruce Coville, author of the Dragon Chronicles "A truly great, concentrated, thoughtful, vicious, exalted fantasy, and everyone should read i...