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Tor Books
November 2008
On Sale: November 11, 2008
368 pages
ISBN: 0765317001
EAN: 9780765317001
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Fantasy
As evocative and moving as Charles de Lint’s Newford books,
with the youthful protagonists and exciting action of
Mercedes Lackey’s fantasies, Thirteen Orphans makes our
world today as excitingly strange and unfamiliar as any
fantasy realm . . .and grants readers a glimpse of a
fantasy world founded by ancient Chinese lore and magic. As far as college freshman Brenda Morris knows, there is
only one Earth and magic exists only in fairy tales. Brenda is wrong. A father-daughter weekend turns into a nightmare when
Brenda’s father is magically attacked before her eyes.
Brenda soon learns that her ancestors once lived in world
of smoke and shadows, of magic and secrets. When that world’s Emperor was overthrown, the Thirteen
Orphans fled to our earth and hid their magic system in the
game of mah-jong. Each Orphan represents an animal from the
Chinese Zodiac. Brenda’s father is the Rat. And her
polished, former child-star aunt, Pearl—that eminent lady
is the Tiger. Only a handful of Orphans remain to stand against their
enemies. The Tiger, the Rooster, the Dog, the Rabbit . . .
and Brenda Morris. Not quite the Rat, but not quite human
either.
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