โ Scribed by Ellen Kushner
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Basil St. Cloud falls in love with a descendant of the royal line of deposed and magical kings, and finds himself caught up in a secret movement demanding a return to the rituals of the past.
Fiction
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