Born to Exile/In the Red Lords Reach (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Phyllis Eisenstein
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: Unspecified, preindustrial
- Setting: An Earth-like world
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Other worlds, Singing or singers
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
In Born to Exile, the wandering fifteen-year-old minstrel Alaric is introduced. In addition to his talent for music, he has the power of teleportation. The power is limited in that he is able only to move himself and objects he is carrying to a location that he is able to visualize and position in relation to his current location. He was found, as a newborn baby on a hillside, covered in blood with a “gory hand raggedly severed above the wrist” clutching his ankle. He was taken in by a couple and reared as their son. When he was seven years old, his adoptive...
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