Cloven Hooves

A magical, classic tale of the transformative power of love from Megan Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb.

Evelyn is a solitary child, preferring to wander in the woods in all weathers rather than socialise. Her secret is a fantastic companion: a faun with whom she plays in the woods.

Years later Evelyn finds happiness as a wife and mother, but life turns sour when the family move to Tacoma where her husband is asked to fill in at his father’s business.

Evelyn’s husband’s wish for them to stay permanently with his family causes a rift between them and then a terrible tragedy makes the situation even more impossible.

Miraculously, when she needs a friend, Evelyn’s childhood companion reappears in Tacoma. Pan, now an adult satyr and a secret friend to both her and her son, eventually becomes her lover. He leads Evelyn on a odyssey out of her failed marriage to fulfilment in the woods of Alaska.

Reviews

Praise for Megan Lindholm:

‘A bright new talent in the fantasy field’
Charles de Lint

‘Lindholm has created a refreshingly different magic’
Locus

‘Fascinating, absorbing and well written’
Fantasy Review

About the author

Megan Lindholm was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. A winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, she wrote a number of successful fantasy novels, including Cloven Hooves, The Windsinger trilogy and Wizard of the Pigeons before taking the name, Robin Hobb. As Robin Hobb she has written the highly successful Farseer and LIveship Traders trilogies. She lives outside Seattle, Washington.