The Blue Sword (Damar series)
(fantasy > high fantasy, young adult)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award nominee 1983.
This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin.
And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who
became Harimad-sol, King's Rider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan,
that no woman had wielded since the Lady Aerin herself bore it into
battle.
And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies...
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Robin McKinley (born 1952 as Jennifer Carolyn Robin Turrell McKinley) is a fantasy author. She won the 1998 Phoenix Award honor book for Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978), Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword (1982), Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown (1984), the World Fantasy Award for editing Imaginary Lands (1985) and the Mythopoeic Award for Sunshine (2003).
Links
Robin McKinley's Website.
Robin McKinley's blog.
Interviews in Sherwood – Robin McKinley on her Outlaws of Sherwood novel.
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