The Mirror of Her Dreams

Stephen Donaldson

Jan 2013 · Mordant's Need Book 1 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The daughter of rich but neglectful parents, Terisa Morgan lives alone in a New York City apartment, a young woman who has grown to doubt her own existence. Surrounded by the flat reassurance of mirrors, she leads an unfulfilled life-until the night a strange man named Geraden comes crashing through one of her mirrors, on a quest to find a champion to save his kingdom of Mordant from a pervasive evil that threatens the land. Terisa is no champion. She wields neither magic nor power. And yet, much to her own surprise, when Geraden begs her to come back with him, she agrees.Now, in a culture where women are little more than the playthings of powerful men, in a castle honeycombed with secret passages and clever traps, in a kingdom threatened from without and within by enemies able to appear and vanish out of thin air, Terisa must become more than the pale reflection of a person. For the way back to Earth is closed to her. And the enemies of Mordant will stop at nothing to see her dead.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent, the best book I've read in years. Would recommended to anyone a an action book with a bit o feeling.

About the author

Stephen R. Donaldson (1947 - )
Stephen Reeder Donaldson was born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. From the age of three until he was sixteen he lived in India with his father, a medical missionary, who worked extensively with lepers; it was here that he conceived the character of Thomas Covenant. He was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for his debut series, 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever', which also won the British Fantasy Award and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. He is the author of two subsequent Thomas Covenant series, the 'Mordant's Need' duology and space opera quintet 'The Gap', among other works. He won the World Fantasy Award in 2000 for collection Reave the Just and Other Tales.