Best Selling Books by Patricia A. McKillip

Patricia A. McKillip is the author of a number of hugely acclaimed fantasies, including THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD and OMBRIA IN SHADOW, both of which won the WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL, and THE RIDDLE-MASTER OF HED and its sequels, which have been compared to Gene Wolfe''s epic BOOK OF THE NEW SUN. She has won the MYTHOPOEIC AWARD three times and in 2008 was given the WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT. This omnibus collects three of her later works: SONG FOR THE BASILISK, NEBULA-nominee THE TOWER AT STONY WOOD and the WORLD FANTASY AWARD-shortlisted OD MAGIC.

Patricia A. McKillip is the author of a number of hugely acclaimed fantasies, including The Riddle-Master of Hed and its sequels, which have been compared to Gene Wolfe''s epic Book of the New Sun, and The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and Ombria in Shadow, both of which won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. She has won the Mythopoeic Award three times and in 2008 was given the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement. This omnibus collects three of her later works: In the Forests of Serre, Alphabet of Thorn and The Bell at Sealey Head. IN THE FORESTS OF SERRE: In the tales of World Fantasy Award-winning author Patricia McKillip, nothing is ever as it seems. A mirror is never just a mirror; a forest is never just a forest. Here, it is a place where a witch can hide in her house of bones and a prince can bargain with his heart...where good and evil entwine and wear each others'' faces...and where a bird with feathers of fire can quench the fiercest longing... ALPHABET OF THORN: One of the most spectacular fantasists of our time, Patricia A. McKillip creates fairy tale worlds of wonder and magic. Now, she opens the page on a time and place where an orphan girl is haunted by thorns...a reluctant queen rules between sea and sky... and epics never end... THE BELL AT SEALEY HEAD: Sealey Head is a small town on the edge of the ocean, a sleepy place where everyone hears the ringing of a bell no one can see. On the outskirts of town is an impressive estate, Aislinn House, where the aged Lady Eglantyne lies dying, and where the doors sometimes open not to its own dusty rooms, but to the wild majesty of a castle full of knights and princesses.

Patricia A. McKillip is the author of a number of hugely acclaimed fantasies. This omnibus features ''In the Forests of Serre'', ''Alphabet of Thorn'' and ''The Bell at Sealey Head''.

IN UNA TERRA FANTASTICA IN CUI MAGICI PRESAGI ATTENDONO DI TRADURSI NUOVAMENTE IN REALTÀ, IL VIAGGIO AVVENTUROSO DEL GIOVANE EROE CHE RISOLVERÀ IL PIÙ OSCURO DEGLI ENIGMI.

WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER NEWLY AVAILABLE IN THE SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER EDITION "Rich and regal." --The New York Times Young 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, and the possibility of more power than she can possibly imagine.

As they work to create a beautiful room for the brother of one of them who had attempted suicide, three friends find their lives deeply affected by their project.

Face contre terre, le roi de Pelucir gît, démembré. Abandonné aux chiens. Dans le château, la reine expire en mettant au monde son second fils, Talis. Ombres, spectres fumants ! Depuis la catastrophe sanglante, tout n''est que cauchemar dans le petit royaume défait. Les murs calcinés du donjon grouillent de silhouettes meurtrières. Le Champ du Chasseur résonne encore du râle des mourants. Quel homme, quel sortilège hideux, ont déferlé sur la contrée, sur la vie, sur les rêves de ses habitants ? Atrix Wolfe, le mage légendaire, le loup Blanc, disparu depuis vingt ans ? Mage renégat... Impossible ! Et pourtant... La vérité pourrait bien se trouver dans le livre qu''Atrix Wolfe a enfoui à Chaumenard, au cœur du granit. Le mystérieux grimoire que parcourt aujourd''hui le prince Talis, derrière ses grosses lunettes...

Le prince d''Ombria agonise ; déjà, son palais bruisse de sombres complots. Kyel, le jeune héritier légitime, vit sous l''emprise de la cruelle Domina Pearl, à qui le trône semble promis. Son cousin Duncan Greve, bâtard méprisé, est réduit à l''impuissance. Dans les entrailles de la ville peuplée de fantômes, Faey la mystérieuse sorcière et Mag, sa ravissante créature au visage de cire, sont peut-être Les seules à pouvoir modifier le cours du destin. Mais le veulent-elles vraiment ? Couronné par deux prix prestigieux, ce roman au charme ensorcelant invente une fantasy subtile et poétique de tout premier plan.

Caerles must obtain the legendary Throme, a book of incredibly beautiful songs, in order to win the daughter of the King of Everywhere, and Ryd Yarrow faces a dragon that brings twelve months of winter to the island of Hoarsbreath.

Il n''est jamais très bon, Corleu aux cheveux de lune, de se mêler des histoires de sorcières et de légendes... Et peut-être ne reverras-tu jamais ta tendre Tiel. Tu as franchi la porte interdite, dans la forêt, malgré les avertissements des tiens. Dans la Maison Noire est prisonnier le Roi d''Or. Il fallait l''y laisser, jeune Corleu. Si, en échange de Tiel et de tes compagnons, il exige de toi une terrible quête, tu ne l''as pas volé, avoue-le ! On pensait bien, au village, que tu étais un peu bizarre, avec tes cheveux de vieillard et ta manière de lire dans les étoiles... Tous ces enchantements sont dangereux. Nyx Ro, la magicienne du marais, prétend vouloir t''aider, mais elle se joue sans doute de toi, fragile mortel. Par Ro ! Dans quelle galère t''es-tu embarqué, Corleu ?