Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Bujolds the vor game was a 1991 hugo winner, and her most recent novel, barrayar, is a nebula award finalist. Plot synopsis edit this articles tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia. Written by lois mcmaster bujold, audiobook narrated by grover gardner. If lois mcmaster bujold hadnt written books that were so much better, i might like the spirit ring 1992 more. If lois mcmaster bujold hadnt written books that were so much better. The spirit ring is a fantasy novel by lois mcmaster bujold, published in 1992.
Poisoned in utero during an assassination attempt on his parents, miles has extremely brittle bones that break with very little force. The spirit ring kindle edition by bujold, lois mcmaster. The spirit ring by lois mcmaster bujold, paperback. When her fathers patron is murdered, fiametta and her fathera noted creator of enchanted objectsgo on the lam, and she gets a chance to test her magical. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Lois mcmaster bujold is one of the most honored writers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, having won six hugo awards and three nebula awards. Maybe if somebody else had written it and i didnt have such high expectations. Fiametta dreams of making beautiful objets dart, but her magician. The spirit ring is a pretty straightfoward fantasy story set in renaissance italy. Lois mcmaster bujold is one of my favourite authors, and ive been hoarding her remaining books because i dont really want to get to a point where i have no more new bujold books to read. Most of it is done well enough that its perfectly readable for an old person like me. The bulk of bujolds works are part of three separate book series. Her second novel, t he warriors apprentice, introduced young miles vorkosigan, one of the most popular characters in science fiction. The spirit ring by lois mcmaster bujold book cover, description, publication history. The spirit ring by lois mcmaster bujold and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. See wikipedias guide to writing better articles for suggestions. The spirit ring by lois mcmaster bujold fantastic fiction. If lois mcmaster bujold has ever badly written a book i suspect shes stuffed it behind a discouragingly noisome pile of junk in the darkest corner of her basement, shrouded by an invisibility spell. Buy the spirit ring by lois mcmaster bujold from amazons fiction books store.
Fiametta has been an unofficial apprentice to her father, master beneforte, a goldsmith, sculptor, and mage. The spirit ring is a charming book, and a darn good read thats almost impossible to put down. Reading the book this time, i thought the whole spirit ring thing was. Now in paperbackthe groundbreaking fantasy by the hugo and nebulawinning author of the vorkosigan saga, which includes barrayar and the vor game. Hugo and nebula winner bujold the miles vorkosigan series. Barrayar makes her hardcover debut with this enthralling dark fantasy set in renaissance italy. The heroines domineering, largerthanlife father must be, in part, lois mcmaster bujolds own engineerfather, though the. Since the protagonists in lois mcmaster bujolds 1992 novel the spirit ring are a 16 year old female and a 17 year old male, ill assume the book is a young adult ya book. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Lois mcmaster bujolds second novel, written in 1984, the warriors apprentice, introduced her quirky, dwarflike hero, miles naismith vorkosigan, the son of cordelia and aral.
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