Fantasy

Chrysanthe

by Yves Meynard
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Description

Christine, the princess and heir to the real world of Chrysanthe, is kidnapped as a small child by a powerful magician and exiled in a Made World that is a version of our present reality. In exile, supervised by her strict "uncle"(actually a wizard in disguise), she undergoes bogus memory recovery therapy, through which she is forced to remember childhood rape and abuse by her parents and others. She is terribly stunted emotionally by this terrifying plot, but at seventeen discovers it is all a lie. Christine escapes with a rescuer, Sir Quentin, a knight from Chrysanthe, in a thrilling chase across realities. Once home, the magical standoff caused by her exile is broken, and a war begins, in spite of the best efforts of her father, the king, and his wizard, Melogian. And that war, which takes up nearly the last third of the work, is a marvel of magical invention and terror, a battle between good and evil forces that resounds with echoes of the great battles of fantasy literature.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatWar-Torn
HorrorChilling
SpiceFade-to-Black

Details

First published
March 13, 2012
Pages
497
Reading time
About 10 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Tor Books
ISBN
9781429988315
Series
Standalone

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