Book description
There are many ways to be a heroine.
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,…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Silk & Steel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
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.
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