Wind in the Stone

by Andre Norton

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Series: The Five Senses (4)

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Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide. A mage, seeking to enslave the Valley and destroy the Forest, has brutally sundered a family. A mother has fled into the woods with her infant girl-child, while the depraved sorcerer holds the babe's twin--a boy--captive in a black tower. The mother dies but the girl survives. Adopted by the strange denizens of the Forest--safe from the mage's malevolent influence--she grows to young womanhood, cultivating a cherished skill that has been denied the others of her kind: the ability to truly hear the sounds of her world. But her future will be fraught with trial and terror, for only she can smash the chains that shackle the Balley and its inhabitants. It is her destiny to confront sorcerer and demon minions, and to oppose the one she must conquer and free: the magician's prot#65533;g#65533; and her most powerful adversary. Her bane and blood. Her brother.… (more)

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I bought this book because it had pretty cover art by Kinuko Craft (who’s done art for most of Patricia McKillip’s books). However, the old cliché holds true – even if sometimes in reverse: you can’t judge a book by its cover. More effort (and probably time) went into the cover than the story. Andre Norton has written some very entertaining novels. This is not one of them. It reminded me of some of the most generic fantasy of the 70’s (although it was published in 1999).
Long ago, a ‘Covenant’ was formed between ‘Dark and Light,’ keeping an agrarian community at peace. Now, a rogue ‘Mage’ has left the ‘Place of Learning,’ and, summoning up some ‘gobbes’ (goblins) embarks on a Reign of Terror, quickly becoming the ‘Dark Lord.’ (Why? Who knows.) Although the peasants have largely forgotten their magic, the ‘Wind’ (an embodiment of ‘She’ (goddess)) is there to help them, and of course Fateful Twins are born.
Don’t get me wrong, I can often enjoy this kind of cheesy stuff, but I do ask that it come bundled with characterization, plot structure, and general coherency. Here, it doesn’t. (

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AltheaAnn | Feb 9, 2016 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Andre Norton	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Craft,Kinuko	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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With deepest appreciation to
Rose Wolf
without whose ability to read scribbled revisions and translated them into smooth prose this book would never have come to be;
and to
Jennifer Brehl,
an editor whose aid in a stressful time meant so very much.

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Among these high and narrow mountain valleys, the past winter had been a cruel one.

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Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide. A mage, seeking to enslave the Valley and destroy the Forest, has brutally sundered a family. A mother has fled into the woods with her infant girl-child, while the depraved sorcerer holds the babe's twin--a boy--captive in a black tower. The mother dies but the girl survives. Adopted by the strange denizens of the Forest--safe from the mage's malevolent influence--she grows to young womanhood, cultivating a cherished skill that has been denied the others of her kind: the ability to truly hear the sounds of her world. But her future will be fraught with trial and terror, for only she can smash the chains that shackle the Balley and its inhabitants. It is her destiny to confront sorcerer and demon minions, and to oppose the one she must conquer and free: the magician's prot#65533;g#65533; and her most powerful adversary. Her bane and blood. Her brother.

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