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The Gossamer Mage
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780756412340
  • Imprint: DAW
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Gossamer Mage

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6 Aug 2019
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21 Dec 2020
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Now in paperback, from an Aurora Award-winning author comes a fantasy epic in which one mage must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic

Winner of the 2020 Aurora Award for Best Novel, this fantasy epic tells the tale of one mage who must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic.

Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity: the Deathless Goddess. Only in this small, forbidden realm are there those haunted by words of no language known to woman or man. The words are Her Gift, and they summon magic.

Mage scribes learn to write Her words as intentions: spells to make beasts or plants, designed to any purpose. If an intention is flawed, what the mage creates is a gossamer: a magical creature as wild and free as it is costly for the mage.

For Her Gift comes at a steep price. Each successful intention ages a mage until they dare no more. But her magic demands to be used; the Deathless Goddess will take her fee, and mages will die.

To end this terrible toll, the greatest mage in Tananen vows to find and destroy Her. He has yet to learn She is all that protects Tananen from what waits outside. And all that keeps magic alive.
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780756412340
  • Imprint: DAW
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $38.00
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Praise for The Gossamer Mage

Praise for The Gossamer Mage

"The Gossamer Mage is a wonderful book--rich language, strong world building, interesting characters, and a magic system that both pinches and soothes the heart. I loved this book, and I think it is Julie Czerneda's finest work so far."--Anne Bishop, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Country

"The Gossamer Mage is like eating chocolate--smooth, addictive, and fabulous. And deliciously dark."--Kristen Britain, New York Times-bestselling author of the Green Rider series

"Czerneda is a fresh voice in fantasy--The Gossamer Mage is full of life and quirky, complex characters doing things that feel important."--S.M. Stirling, New York Times-bestselling author of the Change series

"This book is magic. Beautifully written. Gripping. A rich, real world--and we're right at the heart of things as it changes. And we learn the true price of magic. Magnificent. Oh, but this book is good! Grab it, take it home, and lose yourself in it!"--Ed Greenwood, award-winning creator of The Forgotten Realms