Cover Art by Kinuko Y. Craft
She saw the knight in the mirror at sunset…
…and so begins a richly enchanting novel from World Fantasy Award Winner Patricia A. McKillip. The acclaimed author of Song for the Basilisk weaves a beautiful, entrancing fantasy of a powerful knight who must follow the threads of reality and illusion to the truth…
During the wedding festivities of the king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen – a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his steadfast honor and loyalty, Cyan departs on a dangerous quest to rescue the real queen from her tower prison, to prevent war, and to awaken magic in a land that has lost its way…
Published in 2000
Love this. Reread it many times, something about this author, her husbands influence perhaps, I’ve always found them dreamy and haunting. And I normally don’t read fantasy…but these ah…
But.
It mentions food quite a bit, and I’d love the recipes. For instance:
Tiny potatoes roasted crisp, filled with cheese and onions and chive….Google doesn’t give me anything except baked stuffed potato, not the same thing at all!