I loved this book, and I think it is Julie Czerneda's finest work so far. 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. He has yet to learn She is all that protects Tananen from what waits outside. To end this terrible toll, the greatest mage in Tananen vows to find and destroy Her. But her magic demands to be used the Deathless Goddess will take her fee, and mages will die. Each successful intention ages a mage until they dare no more. 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.įor Her Gift comes at a steep price. Mage scribes learn to write Her words as intentions- spells to make beasts or plants, designed to any purpose. The words are Her Gift, and they summon magic. Only in this small, forbidden realm are there those haunted by words of no language known to woman or man. Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity- the Deathless Goddess. 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. 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
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