The Changespell Saga

A three-book collection of the Changespell Saga, containing Dun Lady's Jess, Changespell, and Changespell Legacy.

**Dun Lady's Jess**

Dun Lady’s Jess: all woman, all heart... all horse.

When hikers find a terrified young woman, they're sure she's the victim of foul play. But the truth is much more shocking: she isn't human at all. She's Dun Lady's Jess, a horse transformed by the spell that brought her and her rider, to whom she is utterly devoted, into this world.

Possessed now of human intelligence but still a horse deep inside, Jess desperately searches this world for her master and rider, using her fiery equine spirit to take on human idiosyncrasies--and human threats.

**Changespell**

Dun Lady’s Jess–once a horse, now learning the ways of the human heart: love, betrayal, and deadly revenge.

Jess is still struggling to integrate her human and equine selves when the wizard Arlen discovers someone in Camolen is callously turning wild creatures into bewildered and maddened human slaves--events that threaten to leave Jess trapped helplessly in equine form while her friends fall victim to revenge and the Council of Wizards slowly loses control of Camolen.

**Changespell Legacy**

Dun Lady’s Jess–all horse, all woman, all heart…and the only one left who can save her disintegrating world from magic gone awry.

Camolen’s Council of Wizards has been cut down in a treacherous ambush of twisted magic. Carey betrays Jess to question the the only surviving witness--a palomino stallion--by using the now-forbidden spell that can change a horse into a human even as it transports them all back to the heart of Ohio. But the damaging magic spreads in their wake, blossoming to engulf the unwary and corrupting even the simplest of spells.

Even the spell that can take them home....

"....Dun Lady's Jess is unique. Durgin has created a character who is utterly believable as both horse and horse-in-human-body. The setup is brilliant: the magic that causes the transformation is not in the horse, but external, and the creature that is Dun Lady's Jess must adapt, must find an identity that works in both paradigms. Humans who encounter her, in either body, must also adapt to the reality that created her and that she represents. She cannot be, any longer, just another mare...she cannot be, ever, just another woman...."

--Excerpt from Elizabeth Moon's Forward for Dun Lady's Jess

"A thrill ride with a fantasy twist, neatly done by a knowledgeable author - short, sweet, and paced at a gallop, Dun Lady's Jess can't help but to win you over."

--Janny Wurts

"Horses, heroics, and magic--a great combination! I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dun Lady's Jess, a spirited and daring novel. I couldn't put it down."

--Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider series

"Dun Lady's Jess is everything a great fantasy ought to be: Exciting, moving, and utterly original. Doranna Durgin has spun a marvelous tale, set it in a world that feels as real as our own, and populated that world with characters who will stay with you long after you read the final page. An excellent book, which I highly recommend."

--David Coe, author of Winds of the Forelands & the LonTobyn Chronicle

"Dun Lady's Jess is an adventure story with heart. It's a unique idea, imaginatively explored. The characters are charming, and humanly flawed. The accurate equestrian touches are a pleasure to encounter, and Jess' reactions, particularly while she's still getting her feet under her, are surprisingly yet completely believable. Doranna Durgin offers the reader an unusual viewpoint of impressive versimilitude."

--Vonda McIntyre, Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author of The Moon and the Sun

"Durgin never fails to entertain with solid characters, good action, well-conceived plots, compelling narrative -- and her expert background in horses always provides a real -- and realistic! -- treat for readers. Jess is one of the most complex and likeable characters in fantasy fiction."

--Jennifer Roberson, author of the Karavans and Sword Dancer series