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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

A secluded wizard, a gathering of magical beasts

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    World Fantasy Award winner

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A secluded wizard, a gathering of magical beasts

Sybel lives apart from the human world in a stone mansion, surrounded by extraordinary creatures and focused on finding the elusive Liralen. The arrival of a soldier carrying an infant brings human relationships into her isolated life, where the source description points to a tension between love, deceit, and the pursuit of power. The magical animals—including a riddle-master boar, a dragon, a lion, and a vengeful falcon—give the premise a distinctive bestiary, while Sybel’s inheritance and formidable enchantments place her at the intersection of magic and human affairs.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fantasy centered on magic and enchanted creatures.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about an isolated figure drawn into human relationships.
  • Younger readers in the listed 9–12 age group.

Themes

Magic and powerIsolation and human connectionLove and deceitMagical creatures

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Book overview

World Fantasy Award-Winner
Newly available in print and e-book editions

"Rich and regal."
--The New York Times

Young Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts: Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments.

But when a soldier bearing an infant arrives, Sybel discovers that the world of man and magic is full of both love and deceit, and the possibility of more power than she can possibly imagine.
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