Daughter of Regals
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Daughter of Regals is a
Plot summary
It tells of a young woman called Chrysalis, the nominal ruler of three kingdoms who is about to come of age. To claim her throne, Chrysalis must exhibit the magical abilities of her ancestors the Regals - who combined the attributes of human men and mythical creatures - or else her dominions will collapse into civil war. While the kings of the individual kingdoms plot against her, Chrysalis struggles to release the magic inherent within her and claim her inheritance.
Publication history
It was published in a stand-alone volume in
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Daughter of Regals for White Dwarf #55, and stated that "It's a patchy collection, whose strong points are the first story [...] and the last, 'Ser Visal's Tale', more gory melodrama with witches and an Inquisition, related with ghoulish relish. Donaldson's SF is less successful."[1]
Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (1984) in Locus, #278 March 1984
- Review by Robert J. Ewald (1984) in Fantasy Review, October 1984
References
- ^ Langford, Dave (July 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 55. Games Workshop. p. 20.
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento (2007-11-20). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 330.