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430 pp.
| Tor |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7653-1434-5$27.95
(4)
YA
Tildi and her friends (An Unexpected Apprentice) are in trouble, captured by religious fanatics and in possession of a powerful, mysterious magic tome that will only suffer Tildi's touch. Opening with a recap of previous events, Nye moves swiftly on to a complicated fantasy adventure story that, with female characters in most main roles, reads like Tolkien for a feminist world.