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The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince''s son can stop her from seizing the throne but he''s just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with.

Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...



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Ombria in Shadow

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/09/2014
      ISBN13: 9781473205741, 978-1473205741
      ISBN10: 1473205743
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince''s son can stop her from seizing the throne but he''s just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with.

      Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...



      Trade Review
      There are no better writers than Patricia A. McKillip

      A swift, dark dream of a book . . . masterfully turning old fairy tales on their heads - Locus

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