Book description
When Marianne's parents died, leaving control of their fortune to her
feared older brother, she struggled to make her way as a student in
America - and her old home began to seem as unreal as a fairy tale, her
childhood there as distant as a dream . . . Until the Magus came to
claim her, and the Black Madame to destroy her, and the Manticore to
hunt her down through the streets of another world - for there is magic
in Marianne's blood, and magic in her soul. And in a battle fought in an
everchanging world of warped time and wicked magic, it is the souls of
Marianne and her family that are the ultimate prizes. Marianne, the
Magus and the Manticore is the first volume of Sheri S. Tepper's
acclaimed Marianne Trilogy. Sheri S. Tepper is the author of several
resoundingly acclaimed novels, including THE MARGARETS and GIBBON'S
DECLINE AND FALL both shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, A
PLAGUE OF ANGELS, SIDESHOW and BEAUTY, which was voted BEST FANTASY
NOVEL OF THE YEAR by readers of LOCUS. She is one of the few writers to
have titles in both the SF and Fantasy Masterworks lists.
