A tribute to The Last Unicorn from the bestselling author of The Riddle-Master of Hed Lisa may be merely a distracted maid working a mind-numbing job in an old beach hotel. But she also carries memories from another time and place, perhaps even another dimension. Her coworkers don’t know where she came from, what language she speaks, and not even if her slow wits are caused by bad translations from her native tongue. Only Lisa seems to know that she’s been flung here from somewhere else, by a spell cast by a dying sorcerer. His blood was still covering her when she’s found lying amidst blackberry brambles beneath the shadow of the hotel. Only she believes that she might, in fact, be a banished unicorn, trapped inside an ungainly human body. But someone from Lisa’s previous life has tracked her down and the truth, for better or worse, may come out at last....
Author
Patricia Anne McKillip was an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels, distinguished by lyrical, delicate prose and careful attention to detail and characterization. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. Most of her recent novels have cover paintings by Kinuko Y. Craft. She is married to David Lunde, a poet. According to Fantasy Book Review, Patricia McKillip grew up in Oregon, England, and Germany, and received a Bachelor of Arts (English) in 1971 and a Master of Arts in 1973 from San Jose State University. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand. Many of her characters aren't even sure of their own ancestry. Music often plays an important role. Love between family members is also important in McKillip's writing, although members of her families often disagree.
