Book Review: This is a staple on my bookshelf! I've had it for ages, and read it as many times! In my opinion there will never be another fantasy novel that equals Ombria in Shadow!The sights, sounds, smells are so vibrant in McKillip's hands and envelop the reader plunging you into the heart of Ombria! McKillip's characters are complex in their simplicity and draw the reader into their story, each one individual but each one woven into those that abide in the heart of Ombria.
This novel continues to be one of my favorite novels! One that I can't put down, time and time again.
Book Synopsis: As Ombria in Shadow demonstrates, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip (author of Riddle-Master, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, and other novels) ranks with Ursula K. Le Guin and Jane Yolen as one of the great fantasists of the 20th century--and the 21st.
The Prince of Ombria lies dying, and already his sinister great-aunt, Domina Pearl--called the Black Pearl--is seizing power. The Prince's heir is a child, a boy too young to oppose her, and the Prince's nephew is a powerless bastard, an artist preoccupied with sketching the decaying city. No one lives who may stop the Black Pearl's ascent to the throne, or so it seems. But beneath the streets of Ombria lies a second, shadow Ombria, a buried city inhabited not only by ghosts, but by a powerful, mysterious sorceress and her creation, a girl sculpted from wax. But the sorceress is a woman of uncertain allegiances, and her beautiful young assistant has become fascinated by the Prince's bastard nephew--and has caught the malevolent eye of the Black Pearl. --Cynthia Ward. Synopsis Courtesy of Amazon.com
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