The Castle of Dark

London: Macmillan London, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The jacket, now protected,is price clipped, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. "Lilune is imprisoned in her castle, and knows nothing of the world. When Lir takes her outside the walls, all recoil at the sight of Lilune, and Lir begins to see the darkness within - he must act quickly, or it will consume them both" 'Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 - 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror. She also wrote a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. Additionally, she wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980).