Sold for Endless Rue
“Robins writes with rare conviction….what you are reading is a love story—about love lost and found, and the price to be paid when people ignore the human disasters in their midst.”—The New York Times Book ReviewonThe Stone War(New York TimesNotable Book)“When Madeleine Robins wakes the stone lions in front of the New York Public Library, it is the hand of a master at work.The Stone Waris American magic, superbly told.”—Maureen F. McHugh“A fascinating heroine...[and] equally intriguing secondary characters. Politics, deception, danger, and a bit of romance all come together beautifully in this superb debut.”—BooklistonPoint of Honour“Doesn’t have any of the hallmarks of fantasy but still seems to scratch the reader’s fantasy itch. Strictly speaking,Sold for Endless Rueis a historic fable. Robins’s storytelling is a force, as is her knack for rich detail. The language is lush and you fall into this created world. Robins’s work is lovely and rich. Crescia and Bieta make the story come alive when they are on the page and pull the reader into a well-imagined slipstream of history.”—Locus “Characters much more rich than any found in a Grimm story. Medieval life and medicine are well-researched and richly described, and Robins is very clever in her adaptation of the fairy tale.”—Historical Novel Society