Sometimes none of these novels left me with an impress I read about 100 novels and about 100 more other titles (comic books collected in trade paperbacks, anthologies, non-fiction titles, stuff like that) in a given year, and those are mostly titles that were published in a current year. Sometimes the choice is hard or even impossible. That gives me ten or twelve novels from which I choose my absolute favorite in a given year. About 10% of those novels tend to be exceptional. I read about 100 novels and about 100 more other titles (comic books collected in trade paperbacks, anthologies, non-fiction titles, stuff like that) in a given year, and those are mostly titles that were published in a current year. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder.Īnd the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond.Īs Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith’s mother, Queen Mathilda, believes her daughter’s alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated.īut the fabled sword lies deep within the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.”* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade… Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.”* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade… Reiko, Empress of Japan, has a In his novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M.
In his novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M.
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