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Sword & Planet

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NEW STORIES IN THE GRAND SPACE FANTASY TRADITION!

SCIENCE FICTION? FANTASY? IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR BOTH?

The distant future—like the distant past—is a place of myths, of legends, and of great heroes. Cyborg knights battle extraterrestrial demons to rescue a peaceful village. A young girl unlocks an ancient power to protect her world from offworld colonists. Here are stories not where magic is science, but with magic and science. Not knights and castles, but knights and starships. Wizards and ray guns. Swords and planets.

In D.J. Butler's "Power and Prestige," a pair of two-bit mercenaries are hired to solve a murder in a labyrinth beneath a crumbling city at the end of time. A young knight must face down an alien menace and awaken the power within in R.R. Virdi's "A Knight Luminary," and in "Saving the Emperor" Simon R. Green takes us deep into the Imperial City of Virimonde . . . and offers a glimpse at how the Deathstalker clan rose to power and fame.

Enjoy tales from Tim Akers, Jessica Cluess, L.J. Hachmeister, Susan R. Matthews, T.C. McCarthy, Jody Lynn Nye, and Tom Toner; a new world from Warhammer 40,000 author Peter Fehervari; and a new chapter in the Sun Eater saga from Christopher Ruocchio.

Contributors:

Tim Akers

D.J. Butler

Jessica Cluess

Peter Fehervari

Simon R. Green

L.J. Hachmeister

Susan R. Matthews

T.C. McCarthy

Jody Lynn Nye

Christopher Ruocchio

Tom Toner

R.R. Virdi

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 18, 2021
      This eclectic anthology of a dozen original tales navigates the tricky passage of science fantasy, mixing far-future alien landscapes with knights on horseback. Ranging from sardonic dungeon crawls (D.J. Butler’s “Power & Prestige”) to grim pursuits across frozen wastes (“Bleeding from Cold Sleep” by Peter Fehervari), many of these tales take on a cynical, noir tone, but the occasional saga of martial prowess and honor (like R.R. Virdi’s “A Knight Luminary”) grants a less jaded view. Better, some pieces push into newer realms, where challenges to hereditary claims are resolved by choreographed fencing exhibitions that could trigger nuclear explosions (Susan R. Matthews’s “Operatrix Triumphans”) or the heart of a dead god meant to serve as a prison turns into a gateway for escape (Anthony Martezi’s “Chronicler of the Titan’s Heart”). Readers wanting the techno novelty of space opera mated with the familiarity of heroic fantasy will be in good company.

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