Phoenix And Ashes (Elemental Masters Book Three)

One corner slightly bumped. A bright, tight, attractive copy. A Cinderella story set in post-World War I England for grown-up science fiction and fantasy fans with the inimitable twists and turns that Mercedes Lackey's readers have come to expect.
"Eleanor Robinson's life had fallen apart. She had spent years trying to convince Papa to send her to Oxford; her only wish to study great literature at Oxford's new women's college. It hadn't mattered that they didn't grant degrees to women - she would be satisfied just to immerse herself in her studies at that venerable institution. And she had been accepted! But then the Great War had broken out, and Father had volunteered, leaving her alone with a woman she barely knew. For her father had remarried just before leaving for the front, and now Eleanor felt like a stranger in her own home, an unwelcome presence. "
"Then the letter had come - the letter that told of her father's death in the trenches. And just when Eleanor Robinson thought tings couldn't get any worse, her life took an even more bizarre turn. Dragged to the hearth by her stepmother Alison and her solicitor, Eleanor was forced to endure a painful and frightening ritual - a ritual during which the smallest finger of her left hand was severed and buried beneath a hearthstone. For her stepmother was an Elemental Master of Earth, but not just an ordinary Master - a Master who practiced the darker blood-fueled arts. Alison had bound Eleanor to the hearth with a spell that prevented her from leaving the environs of her home, caused her to fade from people's memories, and made her into a virtual slave."; 7" - 9" Tall

Product Info

ISBN: 0756401615

ISBN-13: 9780756401610

Publisher: DAW Books

Year: 2004

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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