false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1245896497m/781124.jpg 781124 7 As <I>Ombria in Shadow</I> demonstrates, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip (author of <I>Riddle-Master</I>, <I>The Forgotten Beasts of Eld</I>, and other novels) ranks with Ursula K. Le Guin and Jane Yolen as one of the great fantasists of the 20th century--and the 21st.<p> The Prince of Ombria lies dying, and already his sinister great-aunt, Domina Pearl--called the Black Pearl--is seizing power. The Prince's heir is a child, a boy too young to oppose her, and the Prince's nephew is a powerless bastard, an artist preoccupied with sketching the decaying city. No one lives who may stop the Black Pearl's ascent to the throne, or so it seems. But beneath the streets of Ombria lies a second, shadow Ombria, a buried city inhabited not only by ghosts, but by a powerful, mysterious sorceress and her creation, a girl sculpted from wax. But the sorceress is a woman of uncertain allegiances, and her beautiful young assistant has become fascinated by the Prince's bastard nephew--and has caught the malevolent eye of the Black Pearl. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 767145 book 2002 Ombria in Shadow total:499|5:146|4:207|3:125|2:18|1:3| 499 1972 675 43 3 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Mar 09 20:42:01 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 18:21:08 -0700 2009
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One of my favorite McKillip bookks, I decided to re-read this one recently. I found the story as beautiful and haunting as I remembered. The city of Ombria and its hidden shadow city seem both tantalizingly familiar and utterly foreign. Most of the characters shift bet...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 15:54:12 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 11:00:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 22:39:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 22:43:35 -0700 2009 It's very well written, unusual use of words fo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 17:07:32 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:14:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 09 15:01:01 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 15:01:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Aug 08 05:29:56 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 05:31:52 -0700 2009
I borrowed it from her again two years later, and finally understood. It's a beautiful story, but sad to say, I can't remember much of it. Looks like I'll have to read it for the third time....]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 22 17:57:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:56:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 12:26:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 07:52:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 11:28:59 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 11:29:38 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 05:33:58 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 08:19:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:24:42 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:25:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 18:30:48 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 18:31:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:11:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 06:47:55 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 20:22:53 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:25:40 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=781124