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"Take the lute. Be safe, be careful, trust no one, and live, my child, live to write a glorious ballad about your adventure..." With these words, a dying elf gives young bard Gillien Songespynner a magical lute and changes her life forever. For someone is after the lute--a relentless adversary who is never what he seems, and who will stop at nothing in order to prevent Gillien from delivering the lute safely to Queen-mother Ariel. All too soon, the young musician is on the run, brutally show more bereft of family, even of her true identity. Her only companion on this desperate adventure is a former swordsman named Daric, charged by a mysterious patron with protecting Gillien and the lute. But Daric has a haunted past and secrets of his own that may well betray them both...that is, if they live long enough.... show lessTags
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Golden brings two major strengths to bear on her chronicle: first-rate characterization and an equally sure hand with matters musical. [...] But it's not just that Gillien is an appealing character. Golden's entire cast is equally well-drawn and intriguing, [...]
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Christie Golden is the author of more than 35 novels and several short stories in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Her works include Vampire of the Mists, Dance of the Dead, The Enemy Within, Instrument of Fate, numerous Star Trek novels, Lord of the Clans, Rise of the Horde, and the Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series with Aaron show more Allston and Troy Denning. In 2015 her title Dark Disciple - Star Wars made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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