Name: Ombria in Shadow
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9780441008957

Patricia A. McKillip

The death of Ombria's prince leads to chaos as light and dark factions compete for control and the fate of the city rests in the hands of untried forces. By the author of The Tower at Stony Wood.

Ombria in Shadow

The death of Royce Greve, Ombria's prince, leads to chaos as his aunt, Domina Pearl, attempts to wrest power away from the late prince's son, causing the forces of light and dark to vie for control of the city.

Ombria in shadow

I really liked this for the writing and the world, but...you know what I liked the best? The fact it was all wrapped up in one book and we got an "all is well" ending. Gave me big nostalgia for books of my youth

Christine

The death of Ombria's prince leads to chaos as light and dark factions compete for control and the fate of the city rests in the hands of untried forces.

Magnus Dahl

The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince's son can stop her from seizing the throne but he's just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with. Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...

Ombria in Shadow

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