Faery Lands Forlorn
MAN OF HIS WORDA princess and a stableboy?  It sounds like the worst sort of hackneyed formula romance.  Think again, for "A Man of His Word" may well be the most original fantasy you ever read.  The magic is unique and applied in unexpected ways, some of which the late Lester del Rey admitted he had not met in fifty years as writer and editor.  The world itself is unique - there are no humans in Pandemia, only imps, elves, gnomes, jotnar, and many more, all of whom you will recognize as "human".FAERIE LANDS FORLORNWhen Inos was abducted through the magic casement and Rap tried to follow her, they arrived in places very strange - and very far apart...
Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Kidnapping
Dave Duncan
David John Duncan is an award-winning Scottish Canadian fantasy and science fiction author. He made his first sale (A Rose Red City) two years later in 1986 at the age of 53, just two weeks after his 31 year career as a geologist came to an end due to a slump in the oil business, at which point he switched to full-time writing. 
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