The bards of Bone Plain

Scholar Phelan Cle is researching Bone Plain--which has been studied for the last 500 years, though no one has been able to locate it as a real place. Archaeologist Jonah Cle, Phelan's father, is also hunting through time, piecing history together from forgotten trinkets. His most eager discipl...

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Main Author: McKillip, Patricia A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Ace Books, 2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: Scholar Phelan Cle is researching Bone Plain--which has been studied for the last 500 years, though no one has been able to locate it as a real place. Archaeologist Jonah Cle, Phelan's father, is also hunting through time, piecing history together from forgotten trinkets. His most eager disciple is Princess Beatrice, the king's youngest daughter. When they unearth a disk marked with ancient runes, Beatrice pursues the secrets of a lost language that she suddenly notices all around her, hidden in plain sight.
Physical Description: 329 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780441019571 (hbk.)
0441019579 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Patricia A. McKillip is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, and the author of many fantasy novels, including The Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy, Stepping from the Shadows , and The Cygnet and the Firebird . She lives in Oregon.