Alphabet of thorn

Patricia A. McKillip

earliest edition we have, 2004 Ace Books, 2004 314 pages

Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world — except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret. Then, during the coronation of the new Queen of Raine, a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation. Written i...

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Alphabet of Thorn (eBook) edition · 2015 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9781473205536
Alphabet of thorn ebook · 2005 · Ace Books · 9780786554805
Alphabet of Thorn paperback · 2005 · Ace Books · 304 pages · 9780441012435
Alphabet of thorn edition · 2004 · Ace Books · 314 pages

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