Wolf Queen The Claidi Journals III

Claidi is eager to reunite with her fiancé Argul-but when she finally reaches his camp, she finds that someone has been spreading ugly lies about her, and Argul is nowhere to be found. Undaunted, Claidi sets out to search for him. Her quest brings her to the icy threshold of a tower, and within it she encounters another shadow from her past-a powerful woman Claidi believes is her mother. But the truth is far more complicated, and Claidi once again finds herself at the dark center of conspiracy and intrigue. Claidi's third journal will hold readers to the very last page.

Tanith Lee says: "When I met Claidi-which was when I started to write about her-I took to her at once. I have to say, some characters I write seem great till I read them back later-and then I know I'd never truly want to meet them. I'd run a mile. But Claidi I like. I like her exasperation, and her sense of the ridiculous. I like her loyalty and honor, and her willingness to experience life to the full. "And I find her world rather like her, in fact. The way everything begins in such a closed space, gripped by meaningless ritual, surrounded by a poisoned waste-and then, as Claidi escapes and travels on, the world opens up like a colored umbrella. These books are places I like to go, like a fantastic holiday with special friends." Tanith Lee is an award-winning fantasy writer here and in the United Kingdom. She did not learn to read until she was almost eight years old-and at nine, she began writing. Since then, she has written fifteen children's books, forty-two adult novels, almost two hundred stories, four radio plays, and more. She has won the World Fantasy Award twice and the August Derleth Award, and has been nominated for the Nebula. She lives on the southeast coast of England with her husband, John Kaiine. Visit her Web site at www.tanithlee.com.