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''The Shining Falcon'' is a fantasy novel by Creator/JosephaSherman, a TwiceToldTale retelling of the Russian FairyTale ''Literature/TheFeatherOfFinistTheFalcon''.

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!!Tropes featured in this work
* TheExile: On the false charges, Maria and her family have to flee.
* FallenPrincess: After their exile, the sisters Maria and Vasilissia.
* FemmeFatale: Ljuba uses magic and sex to try to work herself into power.
* ForcedTransformation: Finist finds that a wolf really is a transformed man. His girlfriend, angry with him, hadn't really expected it to work.
* LovePotion: Ljuba creates these. She can even put them in candles.
* MagicIsEvil: Danilo and many others are convinced of this. Finist distinguishes between sorcery, which is, and magic, which need not be.
* MaliciousSlander: A man slanders Maria's father to the prince, which is why she and her family have to flee.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Ljuba is quite frustrated at how Finist is so concerned with the welfare of the peasants and other commoners.
* ThePardon: After Finist reveals the falsity of the charges, Danilo is pardoned.
* ObliviousToLove: Ljuba intends to use Finist for her ambitions. She insists on this to herself whenever unpleasant thoughts, such as it hurts not to be trusted by him, occur.
* RagsToRoyalty: Maria is reduced to a peasant's life before gaining Finist's love.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Finist. So frustrating to Ljuba.
* RoyalBlood: One royal family is also magical; you have to be able to turn into a bird to prove you are royal.
* TalkingInYourDreams: Finist appears in Alexi's dreams, posing as a bad dream.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Every person with RoyalBlood in a certain city can assume bird form.
* YoungestChildWins: The younger of the two sisters is the heroine.
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