![]() ![]() When Cymbril shows Loric the magical hairpin and the star shard, he tells her information that she has yearned for since childhood. By bribing the maid who brings Loric his food, she learns steadily about him after frequent visits. He is kept in a prison cell, where he comes to contact only with the maid who brings him his meals.Ĭymbril decides that she wants to meet this boy. The boy's name is Loric, and his service toward Rombol is to guide the Rake through the dark swamps at night. One night, Rombol purchases a new slave: a boy from the mystical realm of the Fey. The only things that link her to whatever past that she can't recall is a magical hairpin from her mother, and the star shard from her father. She sings on command, something she's known to do since she could remember. A fantasy in the world of Eiriegh, it tells about the adventures of Cymbril, a girl with the fantastic ability to sing aboard the magical wagon, The Thunder Rake.Ĭymbril is a slave to the owner of the Rake, Rombol. Review: The Star Shard is a marvelously written book by Frederic S. ![]()
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