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The Silent Tower

by Barbara Hambly · 1986

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In her latest novel, The Silent Tower, Barbara Hambly has written a complex tale of dark magic, mystery and deadly danger involving a woman computer programmer who struggles to help a condemned wizard save—or perhaps destroy?—two worlds...

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adult
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medium · 369 pages

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