The Meri - Softcover

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

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ISBN 10: 0671721151 ISBN 13: 9780671721152

Publisher: Baen, 1992

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Witness to her parent's murder, Meredydd-a-Lagan is taken in by a teacher of the Divine Art and eventually apprenticed to the Meri--a bridge to the Spirit of the Universe--but she never forgets her vow of vengeance. Original.

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Included in Locus Magazine's "Best First Novel" and "Recommended Reading" lists.

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THE MERI began life as a dream. Literally. I dreamed several of the key scenes of Mereddyd's quest and made the characters repeat them until I was sure they were locked into my sleeping brain. But as with any quest, the task of writing Meredydd's story required three things to fall into place (why is it always three things?). I had the beginnings of a story with a wizard (of sorts) and a wizard's apprentice (of sorts) but something was missing. The last two pieces were these: 1) the realization that my wizard's apprentice had to be female and 2) a line from a Robert Silverberg Gilgamesh novel.

Don't ask. It's complicated. What started out as a novelette I hoped to sell to Marion Zimmer Bradley, became first an 83,000 word novel, then a trilogy. (There's that three thing again!) I hope you will enjoy reading about Meredydd-a-Lagan and her quest to achieve what no woman has before.

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