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The Inheritance: Megan Lindholm and Robin Hobb
The Inheritance: Megan Lindholm and Robin Hobb
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A collection of short tales. In this volume: A Touch of Lavender: A poor boy and his single mother experience unexpected life changes when they befriend an alien.The Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man: An aspiring writer,working in a shop to pay her bills, has a regular customer - a man who claims he is a magician - and a Merlin! Cut: A tale which asks the questions: Do we own our body absolutely and at what age do we have the right to make decisions about it, instead of our parents making those decisions? The Fifth Squashed Cat: Is there magic in cat bones? An interesting hitchhiker seems to think so...Strays: A little girl loses herself in fantasy surrounding the cats in her neighbourhood in order to forget her life as an abuse victim. Finis: A vampire tale with a different point of view. Drum Machine: A dystopian future in which it seems genetically engineered babies are better than those naturally-created. Homecoming (Rainwilds): Lady Carrock and a number of other Jamillian nobles are sailing to the Cursed Shores as punishment for plotting against the Satrap. And when Lady Carrock is maroonedby the ship's unscrupulous captain she soon discovers the grim reality of what survival in the Rain Wilds entails. The Inheritance (Liveships): When her grandmother dies and the inheritance is divided, Cerise seems to get the short stick. But the small portion she receives turns out to be unexpectedly powerful. Cat's Meat: Rosemary got involved with the wrong man - a lazy, good-for-nothing bully. She had his baby, renovated the cottage his grandfather left in his will and turned the land to good use - then he left her for another woman. Now he's back and Rosemary's cat does not like it...
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1st printing by HarperVoyager 2011; OS paperback; faint shelfwear; light corner cover crease; no spine creases; tightly bound and clean within, FantasyShare
