Hart's Hope is a fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card. Hart's Hope takes place in a realm called Burland in the midst of its medieval ages. Like many fantasies, magic is a real and functional force in this story's world, but with a grisly twist: all magic, whatever its purpose, must be paid for in blood. The larger or stronger the animal, the more powerful its blood; a dead animal's blood is also weaker than that of one still living, meaning that a spellcaster has only limited time to work their magic before the stricken animal dies. Burland also has a unique writing and language system in... which words and numbers, when read backwards, or in rows or columns, can form entirely different phrases and meanings . The story takes place primarily within Burland's capitol, a city once called "Hart's Hope" but eventually renamed Inwit.
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| Author: | Orson Scott Card |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Speculative fiction |
| Year published: | 1983 |
| Number of editions: | 10 |