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This volume about seeress Irissa and her lover Kendric concludes the trilogy that began with Six of Swords (1982) and Exiles of the Rynth (1984) and begins a new series.Tags
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Irissa, accompanied by Kendric the Wrathman, the human skeptic who, by bed bond, has gained the magical powers he utterly distrusts, finds an Edanvant far bleaker than she hoped, a family that is not a family, a people divided against itself, a planet walled and threatened.
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Bestselling author Carole Nelson Douglas was born on November 5, 1944. She majored in theater and English literature in college and was an award-winning journalist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press until she moved to Texas in 1984, where she began writing fiction full time. She is the author of over fifty novels in genres including mystery, fantasy, show more science fiction, and romance fiction. Douglas seeks to create strong female protagonists in her works and is best known for two popular series, the Irene Adler mysteries and the Midnight Louie mystery series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Keepers of Edanvant
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Kendric; Irissa
- Dedication
- For the three white ladies who could not stay
- First words
- A man came to Edanvant as the setting sun's last light polished the swollen brass bellies of the marketplace ewers to the color of blood rubies.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She released a deep breath, unconsciously hoarded until it was as empty of sustenance as yesterday, and smiled.
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
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