num_pages: 298
description: Ombria is a place heaped with history -- and secrets. There is a buried city beneath it inhabited by ghosts, accessible only through magical passages and long-forgotten doorways. When the Prince of Ombria dies suddenly, his wicked great-aunt Domina Pearl seizes power by becoming regent to the prince's young son, Kyel. Minutes after the prince's death, Domina kicks Lydea, the prince's longtime mistress, out into the streets to die. But she is saved by a strange girl named Mag, a supposed waxling created by a powerful sorceress who lives underneath the city. With the help of Mag and the prince's bastard nephew, a strange, silver-eyed man obsessed with drawing, Lydea tries to save Kyel and somehow defeat Domina.
language: English
title: Ombria in Shadow
titlecomplete: Ombria in Shadow
genres: Fiction, Magic, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Epic Fantasy, Sci Fi Fantasy, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 4881
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Tähtifantasia Award
publisher: Ace