Verlag | Titan Books |
Auflage | 2022 |
Seiten | 256 |
Format | 13,0 x 2,6 x 20,0 cm |
Trade Paperback | |
Gewicht | 236 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781789099621 |
Bestell-Nr | 78909962UA |
Dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction, full of unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women.
New York Timesbestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novelMonstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut collection of dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction, you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women.
Briar, bodyguard for a body-stealing sorceress, discovers her love for Rose, whose true soul emerges only once a week. An apprentice witch seeks her freedom through betrayal, the bones of the innocent, and a meticulously plotted spell. In a world powered by crystal skulls, a warrior returns to save China from invasion by her jealous ex. A princess runs away from an arranged marriage, finding family in a strange troupe of traveling actors at the border of the kingdoms deep, dark woods.
Concluding with a gorgeous full-length novella, Marjorie Liu's first short fiction collection is an unflinching sojourn into her thorny t ales of love, revenge, and new beginnings.