The circus lies behind Micah Grey in dust and ashes. He and the white clown, Drystan, take refuge with the once-great magician, Jasper Maske. When Maske agrees to teach them his trade, his embittered rival challenges them to a duel which could decide all of their fates. People also hunt both Micah and the person he was before the circus the runaway daughter of a noble family. And Micah discovers there is magic and power in the world, far beyond the card tricks and illusions he is perfecting. A tale of phantom wings, a clockwork hand, and the delicate unfurling of new love, Shadowplay continues Micah Greys extraordinary journey.
Its opening, 'Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves' would have alerted anyone with a grammar-school education to its original, Medea's famous speech from Ovid's Metamorphoses, foremost among the source-books Prospero, ...
Consequently , the ballet Tudor would call Shadowplay had a humane point of reference . There would be no demons to a exorcize , no Medusa - monster mothers to throttle , none of society's confusing hypocrites to placate .
Darkness has fallen on the lands of the sun as an army of misshapen fey spill out from beyond the Shadowline.
Laura Lam was raised near San Francisco, California, by two former Haight-Ashbury hippies. Both of them encouraged her to finger-paint to her heart's desire, colour outside the lines, and consider the library a second home.
This is his captivating account of how events unfolded, exploring the inside story of the way MI6 and the CIA helped the Serbian people to overthrow Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Yugoslavia.
A Superstitious mountain adored my festival, And my native-dance led all the cacti, flowers, and trees to sway with me. A dance of love A dance of shadow play . . . SHADOW GARDEN to hear the Poet's worDs A winding road 164.
Certain that he has heard the voice of one of the Great Spirits calling him, Falcon goes to Seattle's urban jungle to seek his calling and joins forces with Sly, a veteran Shadowrunner with the scars to prove it. Original.
While behind the Shadowline, Prince Barrick must solve the mystery of his past to fulfill his destiny and help his twin sister reclaim their family's throne, while old magics resurface, revealing a plot orchestrated by the gods, fairies, ...
When assistant city manager Wyatt Palmer enters into a shady business deal he faces consequences that have a profound impact on him and those around him, including brother Cyril, lover Alyse, and mother Jeanne.
The good people of Boval Vale and their Spellmonger have only one choice: to hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure an unexpected siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins.