Nothing is ever as it seems in the tales of World Fantasy Award winning author McKillip. A witch can hide in her house of bones and a prince can bargain with his heart . . . good and evil entwine and wear each others' faces . . . and a bird with feathers of fire can quench the fiercest longing.
In the tales of World Fantasy Award-winning author Patricia McKillip, nothing is ever as it seems. A mirror is never just a mirror; a forest is never just a forest. Here, it is a place where a witch can hide in her house of bones and a prince can bargain with his heart...where good and evil entwine and wear each others' faces... and where a bird with feathers of fire can quench the fiercest longing...