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The Feathered Edge (Crown & Court #2.7)
by
Deborah J. Ross (Goodreads Author) ,
Tanith Lee, Sherwood Smith (Goodreads Author), Madeleine J. Robins, Judith Tarr (Goodreads Author), Sheila Finch, Jay Lake (Goodreads Author), Diana L. Paxson
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Magic, Swords, and Romance...
Want a taste of romance in your swashbuckling adventure? Sparkling verbal repartee in your heroic quest? A lover swain spun of dreams and moonlight? A rescue from an Algerian brothel? Swords that would rather make love than fight duels? A woodland god in the guise of a wounded stag? A stowaway on a pirate ship?
Between waking and dreams, 'twixt...more
Want a taste of romance in your swashbuckling adventure? Sparkling verbal repartee in your heroic quest? A lover swain spun of dreams and moonlight? A rescue from an Algerian brothel? Swords that would rather make love than fight duels? A woodland god in the guise of a wounded stag? A stowaway on a pirate ship?
Between waking and dreams, 'twixt...more
Kindle Edition
Published
January 29th 2012
by Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC.
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The Feathered Edge is an apt title for this anthology. Within each story, from writers like Tanith Lee, Judith Tarr, Diana Paxson and other talents, the reader feels the delicate feathery touch of a kiss, and the sharp prickly edge the gives that delicacy its form and shape.
Each story is a wonderfully crafted journey taking the character (and reader) toward destiny. Some of the central characters prove to be unlikely heroes, or not really heroes at all. Some stories are romantic--two characters...more
Each story is a wonderfully crafted journey taking the character (and reader) toward destiny. Some of the central characters prove to be unlikely heroes, or not really heroes at all. Some stories are romantic--two characters...more
A thoroughly enjoyable collection of swashbuckling adventure tales with fantasy elements. Many of the stories fall squarely into the fantasy of manners subgenre that I greatly enjoy, in particular Sherwood Smith's theater-based "The Art of Masks," Tanith Lee's "Question a Stone" and Judith Tarr's "The Woman Who Fell in Love with the Horned King." Certainly, these were amongst my favorites, but I would also include K.D. Wentworth's "The Garden of Swords," with its heroic kitchen-maid coached into...more
I have a short piece in this anthology, one that comes after Remalna's Children (semi-spoiler)
This was a solid anthology. Like most anthologies, a couple stories didn't do it for me, most were good, and a few great. Two of the stories that stood out the most to me were Tanith Lee's and K.D. Wentworth's.
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