Book description
Lythande, a centuries-old magician, is summoned to the wedding of an
old friend. But from the moment she arrives, deadly court intrigue
ensues, sounding a warning of danger deep in her soul. And with the
future of the kingdom at stake, she finds she must rely on a very
different kind of magic than her own, one born of a friendship and faith
stronger than any sorcery....
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 - 1999)
Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in Albany, New York, in 1930, and
married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. She received a B. A. from Hardin
Simmons University, Texas, and did post-graduate work at the University
of California, Berkeley, during which time she helped found the Society
for Creative Anachronism. She sold her first story in 1952 and was a
writer of note for over four decades. Bradley is best known for two
signature series: the 'Darkover' science fantasy series and her
Arthurian masterpiece, The Mists of Avalon
and its sequels. She also edited anthologies for 14 years and published
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine
, which ran for 50 quarterly issues between 1988 and the end of 2000.
Marion Zimmer Bradley died in Berkeley, California, on September 25,
1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack. Elisabeth
Waters (1952-)
Elisabeth Waters, born in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American
fantasy writer. She won the Gryphon Award in 1989 for her first novel
Changing Fate
. Since then, she has published a large number of short stories, some in
the anthology series Sword and Sorceress
, which Waters now edits. Around 1980, Waters began working for Marion
Zimmer Bradley, and continued to do so up until Bradley's death in 1999,
finishing up the anthologies that were in progress at the time.
