Castledown

Tredana #2

by Joyce Ballou Gregorian

Sybyl is brought back to Tredana, now ruled by despots, and is expected to bear an heir to the exiled Lerona, Tredana's rightful ruler

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult

332 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1983

About the author

Joyce Ballou Gregorian was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third child of the noted oriental rug dealer and expert Arthur T. Gregorian, an Armenian immigrant, and Phebe Ballou, of New England descent. She graduated from Beaver Country Day School in 1963, attended Edinburgh University for one year and graduated with honors from Radcliffe College in 1968. She then taught English for one year at the Iran Bethel School in Tehran. After that she joined the family business and became it's president. She married John Hampshire in 1986 and died in 1991 in Boston, Massachusetts, at Massachusetts General Hospital, after a long battle with cancer.

Reviews

[James]

Although things have changed in the other world of Tredana during Sybil's six year absence, she is still willing to fight for her friends.

[Tina Dyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 2 in Gregorian's series. Sibby, now a college student in Boston, slips again between worlds, falls in love, gets married (not necessarily to the man she's in love with), and gets involved in a no-holds-barred battle for control of the Tredanan throne. The influences here are equal parts medieval and middle eastern; still sophisticated, a good read, and compelling characters--especially Clerowan, the Robin Hood figure who isn't.

[Yvette Saafir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sequel to the Broken Citadel Loved this book