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492 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 1-58234-887-1$17.95
(4)
4-6
This third installment of the series returns to Talia, a world loosely mirroring sixteenth-century Italy, and introduces Sky, a twenty-first century time traveler or "stravagante" who travels to Talia to end a bloody family feud. The novel's elaborate back story and long list of characters make a sluggish and sometimes confusing start to an otherwise imaginative fantasy tale.