Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 2 in the Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash,
and Rowan series
& Written with Sasha Miller
Bibliography ~
¯ (2001) * Published by TOR, HC, 0-312-87337-9, $23.95, 318pg ~ cover by Luis Royo
¯ (2001) * Published by
SFBC, HC, # 37197, $12.98, 318pg ~ cover by
Luis
Royo
¯ (2002) * Published by
TOR, PB, 0-812-57758-2, $6.99, 318pg ~ cover
by Luis Royo
Non English
Editions
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¯ (2003) Published in Poland; by Amber, 83-241-1163-8, 271pg ~ translated by Ewa Witecka ~ Polish title Rycerz czy zbój
Synopsis ~
Times are changing in Rendelsham. The old King is
dead, and the foolish Prince Florian has assumed the throne. Florian's mother,
Queen Ysa of the House of Oak, still controls the land from behind the
sciences, but her job grows more difficult every day. Her unworthy, headstrong
son is harder to control than her husband was, and she must spend more time
than ever masking her own movements. Her husband's illegitimate daughter Ashen,
heir to the nearly dead House of Ash, still causes trouble by her very
existence, and must never be given an opening to the throne. The barbarian
Sea-Rover clan presents problems from the edge of the Bog, Ysa's newest magical
ally has been exposed as a traitor, and nothing is going as Ysa had planned.
And still the unknown yet encroaching threat from the North continues to grow.
Through births and deaths, marriages and duels, love and betrayal, magic and
force, the four Houses of Rendelsham can only survive by the strength of their
unity--but is unity possible in such a court of intrigue as this one?
Non-English Covers
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