Casket of Souls

can escape to your safe regular life.”
    —O RSON S COTT C ARD
     
Praise for

     
    “Stellar high-concept fantasy.”
    —Mysterious Galaxy
     
    “A rousing prince-in-hiding adventure, with some unexpectedly satisfying developments for a middle volume in a series.”
    —Locus
     
    “A beautiful, compelling, dark tale.”
    —Booklist
     
    “A superlative job … The world she has built is complex, and the action non-stop.… Flewelling handles the gender questions with such skill that the reader really feels Tobin’s ambivalence, and gradual change.… Recommended highly for anyone seeking a rollicking good read.”
    —SF Site
     
    “Satisfying … intriguing … exploring not merely issues of gender and power but questions of honor as well.”
    —Lambda Book Report
     
Praise for

     
    “
The Bone Doll’s Twin
is a thoroughly engrossing new fantasy. It got its hooks into me on the first page, and didn’t let loose until the last. I am already looking forward to the next installment.”
    —G EORGE R. R. M ARTIN
     
    “Lynn Flewelling’s
The Bone Doll’s Twin
outshines even the gleaming promise shown in her earlier three books. The story pulled me under and carried me off with it in a relentless tale that examines whether the ends can ever completely justify the means.”
    —R OBIN H OBB
     
    “Fresh and original—and unlike most fantasies that try to put women in traditionally male roles, hers works. I found the world exceptionally well realized and coherent. I think you have a winner here! My congratulations to Lynn. Books like this are too good not to share.”
    —K ATHERINE K URTZ
     
    “Flewelling’s language never calls attention to itself, and instead she brings us inside the heads of an array of splendid, believable characters. Which is what fiction is supposed to do—give us fascinating people and powerful relationships from the inside out. Flewelling is a master of it. I fell in love with all her characters and hated for the book to end. Fortunately, it has a sequel (
Hidden Warrior
), but I also hated for it to end and it did. That’s how good books are supposed to make you feel: like you’re living in another world, with people you really care about, and you don’t want to close the book and go home. If these books hadn’t turned out to be excellent, I wouldn’t be reviewing them, of course—because I rarely review books I didn’t finish, and I rarely finish books that I don’t enjoy. I loved these.”
    —O RSON S COTT C ARD
     
    “
The Bone Doll’s Twin
is a great read. Lynn Flewelling has outdone herself with this vibrant tale of dark magic, a hidden child, and the demon ghost that haunts it. She builds a convincing, colorful world with carefully chosen details, and her characters are memorable because their dilemmas are vividly drawn and heartbreakingly believable. This is exactly the kind of fantasy novel that will keep you up long past your bedtime.”
    —K ATE E LLIOTT
     
    “A fascinating read, both intellectual and haunting.”
    —B ARBARA H AMBLY
     
    “A dark and twisting enchantment of a book, a story of deception and loyalty and heroism that will magick its readers along with its characters.”
    —L OUISE M ARLEY
     
    “Lynn Flewelling is one of the best at creating complicated stories peopled by diverse characters, each with his own agenda, and each absolutely believable. This tale of a girl disguised by magic and brought up as a boy is engrossing and compelling as it explores the honorable reasons behind dishonorable deeds—and the dark consequences that follow a single desperate act. Flewelling accompanies her skill at storytelling with an exquisite level of detail that brings her entire world to life. A most satisfying tale for readers already familiar with her Nightrunner series—for others, an excellent introduction to the joys of a Flewelling fantasy.”
    —S HARON S HINN
     
    “You liked Lynn Flewelling’s Nightrunner series? This novel is even better.
The Bone Doll’s Twin
is a sharply honed, powerful story where good and evil are as entwined as two children’s lives, and salvation carries a very high price. Highly recommended.”
    —A NNE B ISHOP
     
    “An intriguing prequel to Flewelling’s splendid Nightrunner series and a solid beginning to a new triad of fantasy from a most generous and skilled fantasist,
The Bone Doll’s Twin
will satisfy old fans and capture many new.”
    —P ATRICK O’L