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Voyage of the Basset
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Oberon, the lord of the Lands of Legend, sends the Basset on an urgent mission, to find an engineer in the mortal world to help rebuild the great Pharos lighthouse. The Basset returns with an engineer, his daughter, and a young boy. But what no one yet understands is that the fate of the ancient beacon of light is forever tied to the long lost bird of the sun, the Phoenix.
181 pages, Paperback
First published June 26, 2001
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About the author
Mary Frances Zambreno
13 books6 followersA lifelong resident of Oak Park, Illinois, Mary Frances Zambreno decided to become a writer at the age of twelve, when she first realized that writers were just people with a good supply of paper and a desire to tell stories. Along the way to becoming a writer, she earned a doctorate in medieval literature, learned to read six languages (including English), and discovered that she enjoyed teaching almost as much as she enjoyed writing. Currently, she teaches a wide variety of courses at Elmhurst College, in Elmhurst, Illinois.
She became one of the first Writers of the Future contest winners with her story, “A Way Out” (collected in Invisible Pleasures), and her subsequent short fiction quickly became a staple in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s and Jane Yolen’s anthologies. Her stories have appeared in numerous genre magazines and anthologies, but certainly not frequently enough to satisfy her many fans. She even wrote a review column for American Fantasy magazine. Her young adult fantasy novel, A Plague of Sorcerers, was named to the ALA’s list of Best Books for Young Adults in 1992; its sequel, Journeyman Wizard, was a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age in 1994. She has written two other YA fantasy adventures.
She became one of the first Writers of the Future contest winners with her story, “A Way Out” (collected in Invisible Pleasures), and her subsequent short fiction quickly became a staple in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s and Jane Yolen’s anthologies. Her stories have appeared in numerous genre magazines and anthologies, but certainly not frequently enough to satisfy her many fans. She even wrote a review column for American Fantasy magazine. Her young adult fantasy novel, A Plague of Sorcerers, was named to the ALA’s list of Best Books for Young Adults in 1992; its sequel, Journeyman Wizard, was a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age in 1994. She has written two other YA fantasy adventures.
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October 21, 2017
Adventure on the island of Pharos for Lewis Trelawny and James and Emily Alexander . The HMS Basset sails them to the 500 year old city
of Heliopolis to restore a burned lighthouse . A good read for those interested in pharology and mythology .
of Heliopolis to restore a burned lighthouse . A good read for those interested in pharology and mythology .
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