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In Diana Paxon's "Passage of Power," a young woman must seek the soul of her teacher in the spirit realm to prevent a misuse of power in the world of the living. Together with 19 other tales, this latest collection featuring women who excel in their talents for magic and war presents a varied and entertaining sampler of current fantasy storytelling. Though Bradley died before making her final selections, her prot?g? and editorial collaborator Elisabeth Waters (also a contributor) has brought her own expertise to this volume. For most fantasy collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.