
Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will hound you and yours and the children of yours... Some said the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse. To others, it was a winter's tale spun by firelight on cold, dark nights. But when Corbet Lynn came to...

The winner of the World Fantasy Award and author of The Book of Atrix Wolfe presents her newest novel--a tale both enchanting and exciting and anxiously awaited by her legion of fans. One of the best stylists writing fantasy today.--Locus.

In the woods that border Lynn Hall, free-spirited Rois Melior roams wild and barefooted. She soon meets Corbet Lynn, who has returned to rebuild the estate of his murdered grandfather. As autumn gold fades into winter, Rois becomes obsessed with Corbet's secret past--and with...
