Swordspoint

Romantic Fantasy

Author: Ellen Kushner

The classic forerunner to The Fall of the Kings now with three bonus stories., , ,Hailed by critics as “a bravura performance” (Locus) and “witty, sharp-eyed, [and] full of interesting people” (Newsday), this classic melodrama of manners, filled with remarkable plot twists and unexpected humor, takes fantasy to an unprecedented level of elegant writing and scintillating….Read More

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