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183 pp.
| Simon |
October, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-689-81946-3$$16.00
(4)
4-6
The impending marriage of Prince Coren and Princess Lenora is waylaid by a troubling shift in the Balance, which causes the Andillans (Coren's people) to lose their powers of imagination. This witty but convoluted commentary on, among other things, the perils of living too far inside one's mind will make most sense to those who have read the two preceding books in the series.