Ladyhawke (novel)
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Ladyhawke is a novel by Joan D. Vinge published in 1985.
Ladyhawke is a novelization of the film Ladyhawke.[1] The novel was published by Signet as a paperback featuring sixteen pages of photos from the film.[2]
Vinge wanted to do the Ladyhawke novelization despite the publisher underbidding on the rights because she had "read the screenplay and it looked like a lot of fun. I told my agent to call around and tell people that I was interested. A different publisher bought it, and their science fiction editor recommended me, so indirectly I got to do it after all. That was one of my favorites; I enjoyed writing that."[3] It took her four to six weeks to write the novelization, and much of the dialog and some of the story was changed from the screenplay into the film.[3]
Plot summary
The Bishop of Aquila is scorned by Lady Isabeau, who is in love with Etienne Navarre, the captain of the Guard.[2] The bishop places a curse on Isabeau and Etienne, whereby Isabeau turns into a hawk at dawn and returns to human form at sunset, while Etienne turns into a wolf at sunset and returns to human form at dawn.[2] The lovers trust the young thief Phillipe to end the spell,[2] and he gets caught up in the schemes of the bishop while trying to help the lovers.[4]
