Featuring three brand-new stories and an original introduction by Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn.Bestselling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed) is one of the most lyrical writers gracing the fantasy genre. With the debut of her newest work, Dreams of Distant Shores is a true ode to her many talents. Within these pages you will find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a mermaid comes suddenly to life, and two friends are transfixed by a haunted estate.Fans of McKillip's ethereal fiction will find much to delight them; those lucky enough to be discovering her work will find much to enchant them.

Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, imperceptible landscapes are explored in these opulent stories from a beloved fantasy icon. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune's fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one mesmerizing tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather's religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. Bewitching, bittersweet, and deeply intoxicating, this collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways.

The award-winning author of the acclaimed Riddle Master Trilogy returns with an extraordinary new fantasy of a young man's coming of age in a world of family secrets and revelations, and transformative magic.Pierce Oliver lives with his mother Heloise on Cape Mistbegotten, in the town of Desolation Point, where Heloise runs a restaurant. Pearce's father is a powerful knight in King Arden's court at Severluna, and whose one true love is for King Arden's queen, Genevra. Though Pierce's mother is a powerful sorceress, these days she uses her magic only in her cooking, and in keeping an eye on him using animals as her spies. Now, compelled to embark to Severluna, Pierce isn't the only one whose life is about to change... Carrie Teague and her father Merle live in Proffit Slough. Carrie works at the Kingfisher Inn on Chimera Bay, and isn't happy. Merle is a shapeshifter, and spends more time as a wolf than a man. Sage Stillwater and her husband Todd run the...

For over twenty years, Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. And although her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy—The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind—has been long out of print, it is considered her most enduring and beloved work. Now it is collected in one volume for the first time—the epic journeys of a young prince in a strange land, where wizards have long since vanished...but where magic is waiting to be reborn.