"No writer has better captured the elusive power of language than Patricia A. McKillip. The Book of Atrix Wolfe is a shimmering tale of language, power, magic, and soul."
--Rambles

"Prince Talis, heir to the Pelucir throne, has been away from his homeland studying magecraft. At the wizards' college, he discovers a mysterious book of spells whose words carry hidden meanings. Returning to Pelucir, Talis encounters the Queen of the Woods, who is looking for her daughter, Sorrow, lost ever since the mage Atrix Wolfe misused his magic to divert a war. Now Talis and Atrix must solve the riddle of Sorrow's existence, and rid the world of the evil that Atrix conjured.... [McKillip's] words and images remain masterfully evocative as she manages to invoke great beauty using the simplest language. Connoisseurs of fine fantasy will delight in this expertly wrought tale."
--Publishers Weekly

"A spell woven from moonlight, dirty pots, golden leaves, and shadows. Patricia McKillip describes magic I can believe in--the magic of place, captured in the stones of a wall, the wood of a door, the light shining through a window, the reflection in a pot of water."
--Pat Murphy, Nebula and Hugo Award winning author of The Adventures of Mary Darling

"As in McKillip's other works, this novel's language is beautiful, making visible and magical what is usually overlooked or seen as ordinary."
--Ann F. Howey, author of Afterlives of the Lady of Shalott

"Patricia A. McKillip is one of the finest writers of fantasy fiction of all time. In Tachyon's beautiful 30th anniversary edition McKillip's rich prose is on full display in this powerful novel of war and remembrance, magic and forgiveness."
--Audrey Taylor, author of Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building

"Steeped in medieval legends of the wild huntsman, living trees, and shape changers, McKillip's tale is decidedly atmospheric, complex, compelling, and filled with rich imagery."
--Booklist

Praise for Patrica A. McKillip

"McKillip's is the first name that comes to mind when I'm asked whom I read myself, whom I'd recommend that others read, and who makes me shake my grizzled head and say, 'Damn I wish I'd done that.'"
--Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn

"I read, and reread McKillip eagerly. She reminds me that fantasy is worth writing."
--Stephen R. Donaldson, author of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

"Patricia McKillip is the real thing and always has been. She shows the rest of us that magic can be made with words and air; that is it worth doing and worth doing well."
--Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint and Thomas the Rhymer

"Ever since finding and loving The Riddle-Master of Hed many years ago, I have read everything Patricia McKillip has written. You should too."
--Garth Nix, author of Sabriel and the Keys to the Kingdom

"Some authors we read for their characters and their plots, others for the beauty of their language. I read Pat McKillip for all three."
--Charles de Lint, author of The Riddle of the Wren and The Blue Girl

"World Fantasy Award winner McKillip can take the most common fantasy elements, dragons and bards, sorcerers and shape-shifters and reshape them in surprising and resonant ways."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review