![]() She hides her powers from the suspicious Were Riders, who want from her only blind submission. She sees truth where the other brides see only illusion. Longing for change from the quiet life of the abbey, she agrees to be one of the thirteen brides sent to the Were Riders, a mysterious clan of shape-shifting sorcerers who demanded wives as tribute for their aid in the war.ĭanger and uncertainty trouble Gillan on the journey. She has been raised all her life in Norstead Abbey on a war-ravaged continent. Gillan is by birth one of the famed witches of Estcarp, though she doesn’t know it. Norton’s very loose adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast story becomes a tale of love and trust, betrayal and a quest for identity. Year of the Unicorn is the novel that changed my mind. ![]() ![]() I’ve liked a few of her novels, while many of her co-authored books published in recent years suffered from lack of editing and an over-reliance on archaic language. Knowing which Andre Norton novel to choose from her prolific output can be a daunting task. ![]()
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