The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince's son can stop her from seizing the throne but he's just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with. Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...
| ISBN: | 9781473205741 |
| Publication date: | 11th September 2014 |
| Author: | Patricia A. McKillip |
| Publisher: | Gollancz an imprint of Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Fantasy Masterworks |
| Genres: |
Fantasy |