Andre Norton
AKA: Alice Mary Norton; Andre Alice Norton; Andrew North; Allen Weston. Norton always had an affinity to the humanities. She started writing in her teens, inspired by a charismatic high school teacher. First contacts with the publishing world led her, as many other contemporary female writers targeting a male-dominated market, to choose a literary pseudonym. In 1934 she legally changed her name to Andre Alice. She also used the names Andrew North and Allen Weston as pseudonyms.Norton published her first novel in 1934, and was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977, and won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) association in 1983.Norton was twice nominated for the Hugo Award, in 1964 for the novel Witch World and in 1967 for the novelette "Wizard's World." She was nominated three times for the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, winning the award in 1998. Norton won a number of other genre awards, and regularly had works appear in the Locus annual "best of year" polls.On February 20, 2005, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which had earlier honored her with its Grand Master Award in 1983, announced the creation of the Andre Norton Award, to be given each year for an outstanding work of fantasy or science fiction for the young adult literature market, beginning in 2006. Often called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy by biographers such as J. M. Cornwell and organizations such as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Publishers Weekly, and Time, Andre Norton wrote novels for over 70 years. She had a profound influence on the entire genre, having over 300 published titles read by at least four generations of science fiction and fantasy readers and writers. Notable authors who cite her influence include Greg Bear, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Charles de Lint, Joan D. Vinge, David Weber, K. D. Wentworth, and Catherine Asaro.
The Elvenbane (Halfblood Chronicles, #1)
Andre Norton
Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shana, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father and a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, she was rescued and raised by dragons, a proud, ancient race who existed unbeknownst to elven or humankind. From birth, Shana was the embodiment of the Prophecy that the all-powerful Elvenlords feared. Her destiny is the enthralling adventure of a lifetime.
Shadow Hawk
Andre Norton
Shadow Hawk Shadowhawk Vintage Ace No 75991 (1971) paperback
Star Guard
Andre Norton
A novel of war and intrigue in outer space sees earthmen as hired mercenaries in the year 3956 A.D
Spell of the Witch World (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #2)
Andre Norton
Somewheres in the infinite spaces beyond the galaxy we know lies a planet with a strange affinity to the Earth. For Earthling blood had crossed that incomprehensible vastness to mingle with the human-but-alien civilizations of that untracked - world... Earthling blood brought through an ancient door - set down between the world in times unknown.
Andre NortonÆs marvelous novels of the Witch World, so distant that the very laws of space and time differ from those that govern our cosmic sector, have been compared by critics to the work of J. R. R. Tolkien of LORD OF THE RINGS fame, and equally to the great interplanetary adventures of a Clifford Simak or an Edgar Rice Burroughs.
But there is nothing "copy-cat" in Andre NortonÆs work - and in SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD we have a fantasy-reading treat that compares favorably to the greatest of them all.
Here is the seventh book of the Witch World saga -with all the color and super-science imagery of those that have gone before. Here you will meet the twins, Elys, the witch-sister, and Elyn, the warrior-brother - and the pact that drew both into perils beyond the laws of our everyday stars.
(Source: back cover)
First DAW printing.
Cover Artist: Jack Gaughan
Year of the Unicorn (Witch World Series 2, High Hallack Cycle, #1)
Andre Norton
There is a prequel called Horn Crown, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1183797.Horn_Crown
Andre Norton enthralled readers for decades with thrilling tales of people challenged to the limits of their endurance in epic battles of good against evil. None are more memorable than her Witch World novels.Far from the besieged home of Simon and Jaelithe, in peaceful Norsdale, we meet Gillan, who longs to leave her dull life in a secluded country abbey. But when her wish comes true, she finds more than a little adventure. As she ventures out, not only is her life in danger, but also the power that lies within her, waiting to be discovered.
The Gate of the Cat (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #8)
Andre Norton
American Kelsie McBlair falls through a gate in an ancient stone ring in the Scottish Highlands while rescuing a wounded wild cat. She and the cat and newborn kittens are besieged on the other side of the Gate by a Dark Rider and a pack of skeletal hounds. When a dying Witch bequeaths her true name and her jewel of power, Kelsie finds herself compelled to take up her sorcerous mission into the heart of Escore, the Green Valley, where magic lies in "trembling balance between the forces of Light and those of the Dark."
Gryphon's Eyrie (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #7)
Andre Norton
The urge within him is overwhelming, and Kerovan--he of the cloven hooves and amber eyes--is driven toward the mountains--toward the dark. With him goes the Lady Joisan, who carries within her secrets unknown to Kerovan.By calling upon the Powers within themselves, willing the forces of Light to fight against the forces of the Dark, they reach their destination...only to face That Which Runs the Ridges in the final battle. Everlasting Undeath--and horror for all the world--will take them if they fail.
Sorceress of the Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #5)
Andre Norton
Kaththea the Sorceress called forth a power such as no longer existed on the distant planet known as the Witch World. It was a power so great that it could destroy all that she loved best--and might even prove to be a greater evil than the shadow itself. Yet there could be no other choice for Kaththea than to call on Hilarion in the death-naming. For she was a witch deprived of power and she needed a guide to regain her lost skills and her lost world. There was only this ancient one, the opener of gates, with force mighty enough.....
Ware Hawk (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #7)
Andre Norton
Tirtha was the last of the line of Hawkholme. Men who hated those of the Old Race had destroyed her clan, and she alone lived to carry the burden of her family's destiny.Driven by powerful magic to return to her ancestral home, she set out into the twisted, ruined mountains of Eastcarp. Her hired guide was a Falconer, a man of an ancient warrior race who was also alone in the world, and falconless.But a Dark One was determined to foil their mission -- and only together could they hope to stand against its awesome powers.
Four from the Witch World
Andre Norton
Andre Norton, Grand Master of Fantasy, brings together a quartet of today's finest fantasy talents to produce short novels of extraordinary power and beauty, set in the Witch World, her greatest fantasy creation.
Stillborn Heritage by Elizabeth H. A girl's coming of age proves a supernatural test of her strength...and of the power of love.
Stormbirds by C.J. A soldier of the Dales, thrown together with an Estcarp witch in the bitter aftermath of war, must overcome his own hatred or be destroyed by the Hounds of Alizon.
Rampion by Meredith Ann An island girl, spurned by her noble father and orphaned by the death of her mother, is caught in a wed of sea-magic by a mysterious troubadour come from afar to settle old scores.
Falcon Law by Judith A woman and a falconer could not be the one, said the code. Yet her falcon chose her, so she lived a lie, to fulfill a great destiny.
Let these four master storytellers sweep you into the magical realm of fantasy adventure that has enthralled millions of readers...
The Jargoon Pard (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #3)
Andre Norton
The heir to the House of Car Do Prawn who possesses a belt with strange powers, is thrown into a conflict between the forces of good and evil
Warlock of the Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #4)
Andre Norton
Classic Fantasy Series. "Kyllan the warrior, Kaththea the untried witch, Kemoc, whose powers could surpass all others- these are the half-Earthling, half witch-brood family menaced by the sorceries of an unknown enemy. The burden of the struggle fell to Kemoc, who was forced to summon his untested powers in the battle to match the alien evil threatening the Witch World."
Golden Trillium
Andre Norton
The creation of three of fantasy's stellar talents, the Trillium Saga is a tour de force of magic, mystery, and romance. Now best-selling author Andre Norton picks up the story she began with Julian May and Marion Zimmer Bradley--a story that continues with a perilous quest into darkness. . .Once the famed triplet princess who defeated the evil sorcerer Orogastus, Kadiya ventures forth into the choked swamp lands of Ruewena to seek her own destiny among the Oddlings she once led in battle. Armed with her mystical three-eyed sword, she reaches the lost city of the Vanished Ones and discovers a strange race of dream-catchers, called Hassitti, whose visions bring chilling warning of a lethal plague that sows the land with death. Now Kadiya, with only three comparisons to aid her, journeys into the Thorny Hell, realm of the cannibalistic saurian Skritek, to stop the carrier of the evil disease. Here they discover a portal leading to a universe of awesome darkness--an entranceway to a horror that threatens the very existence of The World Of The Three Moons .
Three Against the Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #3)
Andre Norton
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST...
The offspring of Simon Tregarth, half earthling, half witch-brood, realized that they alone could perceive the four directions - for everyone else, there was no East!
It was a blank in the mind, a blank in legend and history.
And when new menaces threatened, the Tregarths realized that in that mental barrier there lay the key to all their world... somewhere to the unknown eastward must lie the sorcery that had secretly molded their destinies!
The Crystal Gryphon (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #5)
Andre Norton
When Ulm is invaded, a young boy who carries the curse of his ancestors discovers a crystal gryphon which helps him save the kingdom
Web of the Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #2)
Andre Norton
Simon Tregarth, whose own Earthly prowess had won him a throne and a witch-wife in an alien world, knew that both triumphs were precarious as long as the super-science of Kolder held a foothold on that planet.
Witch World (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #1)
Andre Norton
Former secret agent, Simon Tregarth, is a desperate hunted man who turns to sorcery for courage and survival
The Beast Master (Beast Master / Hosteen Storm, #1)
Andre Norton
Left homeless by the war that reduced Terra to a radioactive cinder, Hosteen Storm Navaho commando and master of beasts is drawn to the planet Arzor, to kill a man he has never met.On that dangerous frontier world, aliens and human colonists share the land in an uneasy truce. But something is upsetting the balance, and Storm is caught in the middle. He had thought the war was over but was it?“Miss Norton endows this story of a homeless, revenge-driven man with her own inimitable touch. The result is a compelling and compassionate tale.” The New York Times Book Review
Breed to Come
Andre Norton
When desperate measures failed to control what men had begun and could not stop, they fled their polluted planet, leaving behind an epidemic virus born of experimentation. Yet unlike men, whom the disease could destroy, the animals of the planet thrived. Each generation was more forceful and intelligent than the last.
In the ruins of what was once a university complex, a vast band of The People, more highly evolved than those on the outside, sought to master the works of men. And they learned that the demons (as men were called) were not legendary but real. Then one day a spaceship landed...
Catseye (Dipple, #1)
Andre Norton
The big cat cried "danger!" Troy Horan heard it with his mind just as he had heard the fox's warning and the kinkajou's. He didn't understand how he could communicate with the animals or why they were contacting him. But from the moment he began work at Kyger's pet emporium on Korwar he was enmeshed in a perilous intrigue... an intrigue that would leave more than one man dead, an entire government in jeopardy, and Horan himself both master and captive of the most extraordinary band of warriors his world had ever known.
The White Jade Fox
Andre Norton
Saranna Stowell was sent to Tiensin, a manor near Baltimore, to act as governess for a young relative. She soon discovered that there was an impenetrable mystery hidden at the manor which seemed connected to treasures collected by the last owner, a sea captain trading in the Orient. The mysterious happenings seemed to both threaten and protect her, but she knew she was entirely threatened by the implacably evil enemy she found inside.
This gothic tale from the beloved science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton combines I Ching and the lore of old China to add an occult dimension to a vividly detailed nineteenth-century American setting.
Lore of the Witch World
Andre Norton
First published September 1980, this is a collection of previously published stories, plus a new novelette, by Andre Norton with an introduction by C. J. Cherryh.
Contents:
Spider Silk (1976)
Sand Sister (1979)
Falcon Blood (1979)
Legacy from Sorn Fen (1973)
Sword of Unbelief (1977)
The Toads of Grimmerdale (1973)
Changeling (1980)
Introduction by C. J. Cherryh
Spider Silk • na • Flashing Swords! #3, ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1976
Sand Sister • na • Heroic Fantasy, ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979
Falcon Blood • ss • Amazons!, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, DAW, 1979
Legacy from Sorn Fen • ss • Garan the Eternal, FPCI, 1973
Sword of Unbelief • nv • Swords against Darkness #2, ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1977
Toads of Grimmerdale • na • Flashing Swords! #2, ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1974
Changeling • nv
Cover art for the DAW editions is by Michael Whelan.
(na=novella, a short novel less than 40,000 words. nv=novelette, a novel-like story less than about 17,000 words.)
Empire of the Eagle (Central Asia, #2)
Andre Norton
The young Roman soldier Quintus shares the dream of every man in the Imperial army: to grow old and honorable in its service, to earn his wooden sword and land at life’s end. But Quintus is also driven by a stronger need—he longs to reclaim his family’s honor that was torn asunder, caught in the bloody arena of Rome’s politics.
But dreams can turn to dust on the tides of battle, and when his commander Crassus and his legions are defeated at Carrhae (with the might of Rome in disgrace and the golden Eagles—Rome’s most honored symbol of power—captured), Quintus is left with little hope, either for his family’s salvation…or a lengthy survival. As the struggling remnants of the Roman army are sold as slaves, Quintus (and the Eagles) are destined to go East—forever east as token pawns, tribute to the distant Han Emperor in the far off Land of Gold. Quintus will do as a Roman must—his honor gone, he will follow the Eagle…and strive to somehow recapture the honor that Rome has lost.
And so onto the East, out of the logic and honor that is Rome…and into the mists of legend. To see visions of wonder unknown to any Roman.
And learn that the Eagle has a power and magic all its own.
Horn Crown (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #0)
Andre Norton
Humans enter the Witch World through the open cosmic gate and discover a land deserted by its inhabitants, but still ruled by the powerful Old Gods
Gryphon in Glory (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #6)
Andre Norton
Unrest fills the Dales as Joisan sets out from her refuge to seek out her husband, Kerovan, journeying on a secret mission in the Waste where the evil powers of the Dark threaten on every hand. Companion to the earlier book, The Crystal Gryphon.
Iron Cage
Andre Norton
Snatched from his family by an alien race, Jony endures torturous experiments and comes to live with the People, a gentle tribe of intelligent animals. Reprint.
Storms of Victory (Witch World Series 3: The Turning, #1)
Andre Norton
Contains the two stories, "Port of Dead Ships" and "Seakeep."
In the wake of their defeat of Pagin of Karsten, the Witches of Estcarp await news of those who have been lost or missing since the battle, and a young Sulcar woman awakens to her Power only to do battle with an ancient evil.
Zarsthor's Bane (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle, #4)
Andre Norton
Brixia, once the lady of a Hall in High Hallack, and her companion, the cat Uta, while scavenging for their living in the deserted Dales, are drawn into Waste where Light and Dark Magic still exist, in search of a power object, Zarsthor's Bane. While fending off an attack by predators, Brixia discovers a place of Green Magic.
Flight in Yiktor (Moon Magic, #3)
Andre Norton
A crippled child seeking courage and identity. An exiled sorceress seeking redemption. A spaceman in an alien’s body, seeking justice: Three quests joined together beneath a moon of three rings.
Orphaned, deformed, Farree was a beastmerchant’s slave in a spaceport slum. Suddenly he and his only friend, a venomous hunting pet, Toggor the smux, were released by two strangers: Lady Maelen, the Moon Singer, a psychic, body-stealing sorceress; and Lord-One Krip Vorlund, a telepathic ex-Free Trader. With their encouragement, Farree began to learn self-respect as his limited mental rapport with animals grew into a full mind-touch.
But Farree’s freedom brought new perils: Maelen and Krip had earlier stopped the intergalactic Thieves’ Guild from looting Forerunner artifacts, and the pirates had marked them for death. On planet and in space, the three and their beasts repeatedly fought off Guild attacks, as their course led to the planet Yiktor—Maelen’s homeworld, from which she had been exiled by her people, the Thassa mindmasters. But now she had to return: a secret Guild plot centered on Yiktor, the pirates had perfected a mind shield, and the non-technological Thassa might not be able to stop the plundering of their world.
Thus, with Farree, Krip and Maelen each helping and protecting the others, the triple quests began. One would lead to success; one to disaster, destruction and terrifying devastation. And one would lead to an incredible transformation, to the emergence of a being whose beauty, grace and power had never before been seen in the galaxy; and to a great—and possibly unsolvable—mystery…
Star Gate
Andre Norton
When Kincar s'Rud, of mixed Gorthian and Star Lord blood, followed the Star Lords through the shimmering gate that led to alternate universes, he found himself on a Gorth entirely different from the world he had known.
At first the Gorthians appeared to be the same, but his former friends turned out to be his enemies. For they were the people his friends might have been, had they made different choices at crucial moments in their lives.
And soon Kincar and his real allies would have to confront their own evil, might-have-been selves...
Lavender-Green Magic (The Magic Series, #5)
Andre Norton
Book 5 of 6: The Magic Sequence
With their father missing in action in Vietnam, Holly and her siblings end up in a time warp as they race to free their town from a witch’s curse
When Holly, Judy, and Crockett Wade are sent to live with their grandparents after their father is declared MIA in Vietnam, Holly fears she’ll never fit in at school. The small town of Dimsdale, Massachusetts, is nothing like Boston. Even worse, Grandma and Grandpa Wade live in an overgrown house next to the town dump, a place without electricity or running water! None of the dishes match, and Holly’s grandparents are always bringing back other people’s odds and ends. But an old, smelly pillow embroidered with broken circles leads to strange dreams—and a maze in the junkyard! At first, when Holly and her brother and sister walk through an opening in the maze, they don’t realize they’ve entered another time. But they’re back in colonial New England, where they meet a healer named Tamar—and suddenly Holly is caught in the crossfire between dueling witches. Forced to keep their time-traveling a secret, the three siblings race to save Tamar and their town.
Lavender-Green Magic is the 5th book in the Magic Sequence, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Star Born
Andre Norton
The saga begun in The Stars Are Ours! continues as the growing human colony settles onto their new home world only to discover an unforeseen enemy. . . Generations after landing on the planet Astra, humankind is still working alongside the friendly aquatic native merpeople to survive and thrive. But young Dalgard Nordis is yearning to see more. Taking his man-journey, he sets out to find and explore the ruins of a city rumored to have belonged to the Others—the mysterious beings whom the merpeople despise and fear. With this feat of bravery he hopes to prove his worth to the Council of Free Men. But instead his courage will prove costly, as the long-unknown Others are on their way back to the city. Even more daunting is the news that a starship has just arrived on Astra, carrying those who forced the colonists to flee centuries the people of Earth.
Tales of the Witch World 3
Andre Norton
A third collection of tales, set in Andre Norton's magical Witch World, features the contributions of Marta Randall, Patricia A. McKillip, A.C. Crispin, Patricia C. Wrede, and other noted fantasy writers
Moon Called
Andre Norton
High Priestess Thora armed with the power of the moon joins with the brave warrior, Makil, to fight against the evil of the Dark Lord
Trey of Swords (Witch World Series 1: Estcarp Cycle, #6)
Andre Norton
The past and the future merge as THE LOST BATTLE OF WITCH WORLD is fought again - but this time, it must be won! For as ancient heroes walk again by day, so do ancient evils - and it is up to Yonan the weakling, and Crytha, the untrained witch-girl, to halt the Forces of Darkness by the power of the SWORD OF ICE, the SWORD OF SHADOW... and one sword more.
The Key of the Keplian (Witch World Series 4: Secrets of the Witch World, #1)
Andre Norton
All of Witch World knows to fear the hated, fire-eyed Keplian horses who lure riders to their deaths. All that is, save for one young Native American girl new to Witch World, who rescues a Keplian mare and her foal and discovers an awesome truth--the Keplians were created to serve light, not darkness, and to ride with humans. This is the first in a new trilogy.
Quag Keep
Andre Norton
Quag Keep was the first novel based on the world of Dungeons & Dragons by the legendary grand mistress of SF/Fantasy, Andre Norton. Once, they were role-playing gamers in our world.
They came from different places and different backgrounds.
Now they're summoned together by some magical force...to a land that mirrors the games they used to play.
Quag Keep
Can they band together to unlock the secret of their summoning--and rescue from the legendary Quag Keep the person who may be able to return them home?
Garan the Eternal
Andre Norton
In our world, he was Garin, jet pilot and explorer. In the lost land of Tav, he was Garan who would supply the link with their most ancient past. And in a world far distant in space and time, he was Garan of Yu-Lac, who would stand alone between a planet's doom and the ones he loved.
GARAN THE ETERNAL is a web of wonders woven by a master writer. It is the story of three lives tied by a recurrent destiny - that of Kepta the Ambitious, of Thrala the Divine, and of Garan himself, man of three worlds.
Here is a never-before-published novel by the author of the Witch World series - a new adventure in science fiction and fantasy sure to please Andre Norton's legion of readers.
(Source: back cover)
On Wings of Magic (Witch World Series 3: The Turning, #3)
Andre Norton
Struggling with the decimation of their witch guardians when an invasion by Pagar of Karsten threatens their home world, the people of Estcarp find their only hope for survival in a young scribe who challenges the evil Hounds of Alizon. Reprint.
Red Hart Magic (The Magic Series, #6)
Andre Norton
Book 6 of 6: The Magic Sequence
From the New York Times–bestselling Grand Master of Science Fiction: New stepsiblings Chris and Nan have time-traveling adventures in an old English inn.
What is the magic of the Red Hart Inn, an exquisite model of an old English inn, that triggers three strange and exciting adventures back into earlier centuries for its two owners?
When his father marries her mother, Chris Fitton and Nan Mallory--both twelve--are thrust into a new life. While their parents are enjoying an extended honeymoon, Chris and Nan must live with Aunt Elizabeth, attend new schools, and worst of all, be civil to one another. They're certain that their future is bleak--until Chris's visit to the Salvation Army store. It is there that he finds the model of the Red Hart Inn, a structure that holds a strange allure for them both. That night, Chris and Nan find themselves in the same dream--living inside the Red Hart Inn in seventeenth century England. Chris and Nan, both lonely and unhappy, must test their courage through three tumultuous periods of English history in this skillfully written time-warp fantasy. And when danger threatens, they must set aside their differences and find a way to work together--before it's too late.... What they learn about themselves and each other enables them to live more fully in their own time.
Red Hart Magic is the 6th book in The Magic Sequence, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Ralestone Luck
Andre Norton
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High Sorcery
Andre Norton
Warlocks of other worlds - or scientists of times unknown? Craike, a man hunted in two worlds… Miss Rutheven, whose needles pointed to secret kingdoms… Dagmar, with the fatal fascination of Helen of Troy… Ully, whose music touched the powers before mankind… Tamisan, the sorceress who found herself the victim of her toys…These and others like them, inhabit Andre Norton’s world of HIGH SORCERY, where the primeval desires and fears of man – his loving and loathing – are merged with his dreams of future knowledge and technological power. Those who have enjoyed the alchemy of Norton’s other mind-bending tales should enjoy these!
Huon of the Horn
Andre Norton
A wondrous tale of brave knights, black-hearted villains, and fairy kings in a magical time of the long ago.
Scent of Magic (Five Senses, #3)
Andre Norton
Book 3: The Five Senses Set
An orphaned child and captive scullery maid, young Willadene possesses an uncanny ability to sense and understand the magical odors that pervade her world. It is this remarkable talent--or curse--that carries her far from the fetid kitchen into an apprenticeship with a revered herbalist and ultimately to the highest circle of the Ducal court. But there is depravity lurking within the castle's walls, inspiring brazen treacheries and usurpations--and a foul abduction as unthinkable as it is unexpected. Something horribly strange and forbidden has struck at the dawn of a new day of corruption and terror. And an innocent girl finds the heightened sense that has been her fortune is now drawing her down into a maelstrom of evil.
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