Wizard Of The Pigeons - Softcover
The fifth book in the Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) backlist.Seattle: a place as magical as the Emerald City.Subtle magic seeps through the cracks in the paving stones of the sprawling metropolis. But only the inhabitants who possess special gifts are open to the city's consciousness; finding portents in the graffiti, reading messages in the rubbish or listening to warnings in the skipping-rope chants of children.Wizard is bound to Seattle and her magic. His gift is the Knowing - a powerful enchantment allowing him to know the truth of things; to hear the life-stories of ancient mummies locked behind glass cabinets, to receive true fortunes from the carnival machines, to reveal to ordinary people the answers to their troubles and to safeguard the city's equilibrium.The magic has its price; Wizard must never have more than a dollar in his pocket, must remain celibate, and he must feed and protect the pigeons.But a threat to Seattle has begun to emerge in the portents. A malevolent force born of Wizard's forgotten past has returned to prey upon his power and taunt him with images of his obscure history; and he is the only wizard in Seattle who can face the evil and save the city, his friends and himself.
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Although long out of print in the US, Wizard of the Pigeons has been re-issued in the UK by HarperCollins. (ISBN 0007112564) For this and other newly reissued Megan Lindholm books, visit Amazon.co.uk.
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Megan Lindholm was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. A winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Award, she wrote a number of successful fantasy novels, including Cloven Hooves, The Windsinger trilogy and Wizard of the Pigeons before taking the name, Robin Hobb. Assassin's Apprentice was Robin Hobb's first novel, and was followed by the equally successful Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest. She lives outside Seattle, Washington.
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- PublisherCORGI BOOKS
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0552130141
- ISBN 13 9780552130141
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition used 1987 Corgi Edition Paperback. Published by Corgi Books, London. Author: Megan Lindholm. ISBN: 0552130141. Approx dims: 175mm h x 105mm w x 18mm d. Intact clean, glossy condition covers with slight creasing and rubbing to edges and corners, plus slight signs of handling. Intact slightly rubbed spine. 254 clean tanned inside pages of English text, no inscriptions. Page ends tanned. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: Wizard must never have more than a dollar in his pocket, must remain celibate, and he must feed and protect the pigeons. But a threat to Seattle has begun to emerge in the portents. A malevolent force born of Wizard's forgotten past has returned to prey upon his power and taunt him with images of his obscure history; and he is the only wizard in Seattle who can face the evil and save the city. Seller Inventory # ABE-1548066789501
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