Kingfisher Author:Patricia A. McKillip In the new fantasy from the award-winning author of the Riddle-Master trilogy, a young man comes of age amid family secrets and revelations?and transformative magic. — Hidden away from the world by his mother, the powerful sorceress Heloise Oliver, Pierce has grown up working in her restaurant in Desolation Point. But when he?s drawn to the legen... more »dary capital city of Severluna, Heloise, bereft and furious, tells him the truth: about his father, a knight in King Arden?s court, about an older brother he never knew existed, about his father?s destructive love for King
Arden?s queen, and Heloise?s decision to raise her younger son alone.
As Pierce journeys to Severluna, he learns that things are changing in the kingdom. Old magic is on the rise. The immensely powerful artifact of an ancient god has come to light, and the king is gathering his knights to quest for this profound mystery, which may restore the kingdom to legendary glory?or destroy it.« less