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eBook Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
eBook Description: Alyssa's parents wanted a son, and have never let her forget it. Despite her best efforts, they still dislike her. But that which does not kill you makes you strong, and when two mages arrive to take her on a quest for the Blade of Unmaking, she will need all the strength she possesses.

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Sword and Sorceress 14, 1997
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2005

33 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [227 KB], eReader (PDB) [34 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [21 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [20 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [80 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [91 KB], hiebook (KML) [108 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [43 KB], iSilo (PDB) [18 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [23 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [50 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [32 KB]
Words: 6660
Reading time: 19-26 min.
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"Fourteenth in her series of Sword and Sorceress anthologies, this fine collection of twenty-seven short stories by authors familiar and unfamiliar upholds Ms. Bradley's tradition of very good tales.... With this many stories to choose from, it is difficult for me to pick out a single one that I liked the best, but if pinned down "The Blade of Unmaking" by Elisabeth Waters might be my choice."--Norm's Notes

Alyssa was enjoying a rare moment of quiet in the chapel when the housekeeper summoned her. "Lady Alyssa, there is a Royal Envoy in the Great Hall. You must go greet him at once."

"Oh, no!" Alyssa hated having to meet strangers, and being the only member of her family in residence made it worse. She would have to apologize for her parents' absence, which would doubtless displease the noble guests. But she was a dutiful girl, so she went quickly along the stone walkway to the Hall.

There were three strangers there, an elderly man and a middle-aged woman, both dressed in the dark blue robes favored by wizards, and a younger man, probably about five years Alyssa's senior, dressed in the most elaborate clothing she had ever seen. The steward stood with them, politely discussing the weather, while one page poured wine into the goblets they were holding and another page took their outdoor cloaks.

"Lady Alyssa," the steward told her, "come greet your guests, the Lord High Wizard Logas, the Lady Wizard Sarras, and Lord Robert Fitzroy." At a sign from Logas, the steward bowed and removed the pages and himself from the room.