Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXI
by Rosemary Edghill and Esther M. Friesner and Diana L. Paxson and Jim C. Hines and Terry McGarry and Aimee Kratts and Leslie Fish and Dana Kramer-Rolls and Dorothy J. Heydt and Lee Martindale and Jenn Reese and Cynthia McQuillin and K.A. Laity and Heather Rose Jones and Naomi Kritzer and Kit Wesler and Rebecca Maines and Susan Urbanek Linville and John P. Buentello and Lynn Morgan Rosser and Marilyn A. Racette and Catherine Soto and Marie M. Longhin and Jennifer G. Tifft
WITH SPELL AND BLADE... They roam through fantasy landscapes - women who wield a sword in their sisters' defense or work magic passed down through generations. They are many heroines of SWORD AND SORCERESS - brave women who have adopted the daring roles so often deemed to be the exclusive province of men. Join Diana L Paxson, Esther M Friesner, Rosemary Edghill, Leslie Fish, Dorothy j Heydt and their fellow spell-weavers as they carry on Marion Zimmer Bradley's proud, feminist tradition in the twenty-three original, swashbuckling and magical stories of SWORD AND SORCERESS XXI, where: A family of thieves is sorely disappointed by their daughter's wizarding ambitions... A warrior with amnesia is taught a lesson she could never have learned if she remembered her past... A girl is turned down by a school of magic because of her sex, only to become the disciple of a far more powerful mentor... An arrogant mage is taught that even the most powerful of sorcerers sometimes needs the help of material weapons... The best-selling "Sword & The Sorceress series continues with this thrilling 21st edition of all-original stories of action-packed adventure, ultimate magic, and fearsome, sword-wielding women by some of the best names in fantasy today.
Release Date:
November 1, 2004