From Publishers Weekly
This collection of stories set in Norton's Witch World universe will appeal mainly to the longtime fan. Nineteen writers, 17 of them women, contribute their elaborations of events and people in those war- and magic-torn lands. Many of the tales, set in the Dales after the fall of Escarp and its witches, tell of young women who learn to cope with unusual powers. In "The Scent of Magic," Juanita Coulson writes of an orphan of the nomadic Vupsall who must accept her powers in order to save her people; another young woman evades recruitment by the witches and finds love in A. C. Crispin's "Heartspell." The only boy ever raised among Falconer women is the subject of "Falcon's Chick" by Patricia Shaw Mathews. In a charming debut, "Were-Flight," Lisa Woodworth tells of an orphaned shape-changer, brought up in an abbey, who fulfills her destiny to metamorphose into a cat. This volume, a pleasing addition to the Witch World oeuvre, is not, however, the place for the neophyte to enter that realm.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
A young man dedicates his life to revenge in Patricia Shaw Matthews's "Falcon's Chick," while a young woman learns the truth of her parentage in Ann Miller and Karen E. Ripley's "Godron's Daughter" in this collection of 19 stories set in Andre Norton's enduring Witch World. Contributors include fantasy veterans Patricia McKillip, Sharon Green, etc., as well as newcomers. Purchase where the series or its spin-off anthologies are popular.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
