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Darksong Rising

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Darksong Risingis the third Spellsong book , and concludes a trilogy featuring Anna Marshall, the music teacher and soprano from the midwest transported into a fantasy world where magic works according to musical principles—making her a powerful magician. Now Regent of Defalk, Anna must battle men who would destroy her and claim Defalk for their own.

Themes
music
Subject
science
Audience
adult
Length
long · 512 pages

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