I absolutely loved the evolving relationship between Ellie and Adam. She's smart, spunky, and brave. And he's smart enough to ignore the gender conventions of his day and embrace her intelligence and courage.
Nice Victorian ladies don't run off to find legendary lost cities.
One trifling little arrest shouldn't have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it's only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.
When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she's holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There's just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.
To race him to the ruins-and avoid being violently disposed of-she needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling…
I love the variety of stories and characters created by the different contributors to the anthology. The stories range from historical fantasy to epic fantasy to far future science fiction. And the characters that populate those worlds are fantastic! I want so many of these short stories to be expanded into full novels. I will definitely be looking for more publications by all of these authors.
Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills. “Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”
Herein, you'll find duels and smugglers, dance battles and danger noodles, and even a new Swordspoint story!
From big names and bold new voices, these stories are fun, clever, and always positive about the…
Rien Gray has created a fascinating world, one populated by women and nonbinary knights, sorceresses, witches, Goddesses, and dragons. The writing is immersive and lyrical; I could feel the rain, smell the trees. And the relationship between Seure (they/them) and Ganeida (she/her) is simultaneously sweet and sensual. I loved this book so much that I immediately purchased the rest of the series. [Note: take the content warnings seriously!]
Follow a fellowship of sapphic knights as they're seduced by witches, queens, goddesses-and each other-in a dark, lush fantasy inspired by Arthurian legend.Under the reign of King Theomacha the Exalted, the Land of Maidens flourishes. Her knights protect and explore the realm, seeking artifacts lost to time and fending off wicked, cunning magics. Seure, scholar and knight, traverses the world on quests of discovery. When an invisible, eldritch library begins capturing local villagers and subjecting them to strange interrogations, Seure tracks the enchantment to its source - a woman named Ganeida, who has been bound to the library for centuries.They…
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A Witch Among Wolves contains twenty stories of the fantastic and the wondrous. From the ancient past to the distant future, from the Rocky Mountains to the shores of the Mediterranean, follow the adventures of priestesses and wanderers, conservationists and pilgrims, shapeshifters and hunters, morticians and marines. Colonists fleeing a dead Earth encounter primal powers that are not entirely welcoming. A wildlife sanctuary attracts the attention of a mad God. An ancient evil lies waiting in a long-lost cavern. An aging archer and a fox must work together to hunt down malevolent dreams. A priest takes shelter with a group of pilgrims who are not all as they appear to be. And a witch must travel deep into the mountains and negotiate with a hostile spirit to save someone she loves.
This new edition contains many of the stories from the original editions of A Witch Among Wolves and The Serpent in the Throat, both of which are now out of print, as well as previously uncollected short tales.
[Content Warning: blood, bones, harm to animals, environmental destruction, confined spaces, political repression.]
