1994, ISBN: 9780765315137

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Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, Inc, 1994. xiv, 210 pp, b/w and col ills, glossary, bibliography, index, symbol reference list, tinted end-papers. Decorative red cloth boards in slightly … Plus…

Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, Inc, 1994. xiv, 210 pp, b/w and col ills, glossary, bibliography, index, symbol reference list, tinted end-papers. Decorative red cloth boards in slightly sunned dust-jacket. Reading rock writing.. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to., KC Publications, Inc, 1994, Tor Books. Paperback. New. Paperback. 400 pages. Dimensions: 9.1in. x 6.1in. x 1.1in.Middle-aged Mira Fenn knows she has an uncomfortably exotic past. As a small girl, she lived in a ornate old house in tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, tended by oddly silent servant women and ruled by her coldly flamboyant mother Colette. When Mira was nine, Colette went on one of her unexplained trips, only this time she never returned. Placed with foster parents, Mira was raised in Ohio, normal save for her passion for color. On gaining adulthood, she learned that she still owned the New Mexico house. She also learned that, as a condition of being allowed to adopt her, Miras foster parents had agreed to change their name, move to another state, and never ask why. Years later, going through family papers after the deaths of her elderly foster parents, Mira finds documents that pique her curiosity about her vanished mother and the reasons behind her strange childhood and adoption. Travelling back to New Mexico, she finds the house is and isnt as she remembers it. Inside, its much the same. Outside, its been painted in innumerable colors. As Mira continues to investigate her mothers life, events take stranger and stranger turns. The silent women reappear. Even as Mira begins to suspect the power to which she may be heir, the house itself appears to be waking up. . . Shot through with magic and the atmosphere of the Southwest, this singular fantasy novel has all the storytelling vigor of Jane Lindskolds very popular Firekeeper series. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Tor Books<

ISBN: 0765315130

Middle-aged Mira Fenn knows she has an uncomfortably exotic past. As a small girl, she lived in a ornate old house in tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, tended by oddly silent servant women and… Plus…

Middle-aged Mira Fenn knows she has an uncomfortably exotic past. As a small girl, she lived in a ornate old house in tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, tended by oddly silent servant women and ruled by her coldly flamboyant mother Colette. When Mira was nine, Colette went on one of her unexplained trips, only this time she never returned.Placed with foster parents, Mira was raised in Ohio, normal save for her passion for color. On gaining adulthood, she learned that she still owned the New Mexico house. She also learned that, as a condition of being allowed to adopt her, Mira's foster parents had agreed to change their name, move to another state, and never ask why.Years later, going through family papers after the deaths of her elderly foster parents, Mira finds documents that pique her curiosity about her vanished mother and the reasons behind her strange childhood and adoption. Travelling back to New Mexico, she finds the house is and isn't as she remembers it. Inside, it's much the same. Outside, it's been painted in innumerable colors. As Mira continues to investigate her mother's life, events take stranger and stranger turns. The silent women reappear. Even as Mira begins to suspect the power to which she may be heir, the house itself appears to be waking up...Shot through with magic and the atmosphere of the Southwest, this singular fantasy novel has all the storytelling vigor of Jane Lindskold's very popular Firekeeper series. contemporary,fantasy,literature and fiction,mothers and children,science fiction and fantasy,women's fiction Fantasy, Tor Books<

ISBN: 9780765315137

Middle-aged Mira Fenn knows she has an uncomfortably exotic past. As a small girl, she lived in a ornate old house in tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, tended by oddly silent servant women and … Plus…

Middle-aged Mira Fenn knows she has an uncomfortably exotic past. As a small girl, she lived in a ornate old house in tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, tended by oddly silent servant women and ruled by her coldly flamboyant mother Colette. When Mira was nine, Colette went on one of her unexplained trips, only this time she never returned. Placed with foster parents, Mira was raised in Ohio, normal save for her passion for color. On gaining adulthood, she learned that she still owned the New Mexico house. She also learned that, as a condition of being allowed to adopt her, Mira's foster parents had agreed to change their name, move to another state, and never ask why. Years later, going through family papers after the deaths of her elderly foster parents, Mira finds documents that pique her curiosity about her vanished mother and the reasons behind her strange childhood and adoption. Travelling back to New Mexico, she finds the house is and isn't as she remembers it. Inside, it's much the same. Outside, it's been painted in innumerable colors. As Mira continues to investigate her mother's life, events take stranger and stranger turns. The silent women reappear. Even as Mira begins to suspect the power to which she may be heir, the house itself appears to be waking up... Shot through with magic and the atmosphere of the Southwest, this singular fantasy novel has all the storytelling vigor of Jane Lindskold's very popular Firekeeper series. Child of a Rainless Year Lindskold, Jane M., Tor Books<

2005, ISBN: 0765315130

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[EAN: 9780765315137], [SC: 26.59], [PU: New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2005)], NEW MEXICO, SOUTHWEST, FIRST EDITION - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, First edition - First p… Plus…

[EAN: 9780765315137], [SC: 26.59], [PU: New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2005)], NEW MEXICO, SOUTHWEST, FIRST EDITION - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, First edition - First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A fantasy novel shot through with the magic of the Southwest. After her foster parents die, middle-aged Mira Fenn learns that she still owns the Las Vegas, New Mexico house where she spent the first years of her life before her mother disappeared. Travelling back to New Mexico, she finds the house painted in innumerable colors on the outside - and things get stranger still. . "The silent women reappear. Even as Mira begins to suspect the power to which she may be heir, the house itself appears to be waking up"." 400 pp. Very good., Books<