Tristan of Calandra's first quest wasn't to find a magic sword, rescue a princess, or defeat the Lord of Winter. He just wanted to replace his master's slaughtered chickens--and hopefully, before Blais returned home and discovered the disaster of badly-set wards, a fox and the henhouse... All Tristan needed to do was locate a swarm of bees willing to follow him to a new home, find his way out of a haunted bog, and return the unicorn that was the escaped shine of the moon, or a lunar eclipse would never end. At least he has help--Thomas, the young cat who followed an inept apprentice back from Dunehollow-by-the-Sea and refuses to be sent home just because a wizard orders it. If you have read Wizard's Destiny and wondered about Tristan's first adventure, or how he met Thomas, this is for you!
Susan Dexter’s favorite subject for her books is fantasy and throughout her life has worked as a librarian, teacher, and writer.
Susan received her first award, the Merit Award, in 1976 from the Lawrence County Open Arts Show. She also received the Distinguished Award from them in 1982 and 1983. The Wizard’s Shadow was listed among the “Books for the Teen Age” in 1993 by the New York Public Library.
She now lives in New Castle, Pennsylvania in the vintage house that her book sales enabled her to buy and restore.