Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2011-12-01 23:04:49 Boxid IA174701 Boxid_2 BWB220150206 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor allen_countydonation As one of Patricia McKillip's earlier novels, "Song for the Basilisk" has all the hallmarks of her fantasy-fiction: unique prose, ambiguous characters, fairytale settings, court intrigue, and a love of musical instruments. Haunted by the music of the bards, he left the only home he knew to wander the land of the power-hungry Basilisk who had destroyed his family. Book "Song for the Basilisk author Patricia A. McKillip" description: As a child, Rook had been taken in by the bards of Luly, and raised as one of their own. Something half-woke in him, and he froze on the threshold, seeing misshapen faces billow in the flames. As a child, Rook had been taken in by the bards of Luly, and raised as one of their own. Once the city of Berylon was benevolently ruled by Raven Tormalyne, until his rival, the ambitious Arioso Pellior, the Basilisk, burned Tormalyne Palace. Rook has learned to breathe music to smother the memories of his family burning to death. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip (1998, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Song for the Basilisk, Patricia A. McKillip, ACE. But nightmares, and a new threat to the island that had become his own, would not let him escape the dreadful fate of his true family. Of all the family, only young Rook, cowering under the ashes in the fireplace, survived. From the World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bards of Bone Plain. Free shipping for many products! Of his past he knew nothing except faint memories of fire and death that he'd do anything to forget. The "Hamlet" of Song for the Basilisk is the only direct descendent of the House who remains alive, having been hidden in the North as a child, studying with bards that are half human and half myth.