num_pages: 457
description: Before Patricia Briggs penned her bestselling Mercy Thompson series she cut her authorial teeth on a medieval fantasy called Masques. In it we meet Aralorn a shapeshifter who fled her noble existence for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. A jewel in the rough Masques promised a sequel that never saw the light of day...until now. Together with the newly revised and updated first novel Wolfsbane weaves a sinuous story of romance danger mystery and magic. Masques &amp; Wolfsbane delivers the first two tales of the Sianim saga in one fast and fiercely fun volume. In Masques Aralorn and her companion Wolfa shapeshifter whose feral form hides a mysterious pastare sent to fight Geoffrey aeMagi a sorcerer with dangerous plans for Aralorns homeland...and all mankind. But can they defeat his illusory magica power so great it transforms men and monsters into vacuous slaves? In Wolfsbane Aralorn and Wolf must come to terms with their feelings for each other as they return home for her fathers funeral. Yet when they arrive they learn that the Lyon of Lambshold is not dead but trapped in a powerful spell. Can they find whos behind it...before Aralorn falls to the blackest of magics?
language: English
title: Masques and Wolfsbane
publisher: Science Fiction Book Club