Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy.Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she ...

A Woman of the Sword is an epic fantasy seen through the eyes of an ordinary woman. Lidae is a daughter, a wife, a mother - and a great warrior born to fight. Her sword is hungry for killing, her right hand is red with blood.War is very much a woman's business. But war is not kind to women. And war is not kind to mothers and their sons.

" Gritty and glorious" this grimdark fantasy featuring the overthrow of a rival kingdom and a secret prince ready to claim the throne is a "great read" (Miles Cameron, author of The Traitor Son cycle)It is the richest empire the world has ever known, and it is also doomed—but only one man can see it.Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the capital city. Once they enter the palace, they have one missio...

Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.The sequel to the masterpiece folk horror high fantasy A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, a lyrical blend of epic myth and daily life.Kanda and her family are on a quest to rebuild the glory that was Roven. Mother and daughters stand together as a light against the darkness. But mother and daughters bo...

From the editor of the award-winning anthology Unfettered comes the newest installment in the science fiction and fantasy series, Unfettered III.Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors...

SUPREME SACRIFICEIn early 2102, Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson sacrifices herself to trap the spirit of the terrible Judge Death, holding him in her mind as her fellow Judge Joe Dredd encases her in an impenetrable polymer. Her comatose body is laid in a place of honour in the Justice Department’s famed Hall of Heroes, to be remembered forever.For eighteen months, Anderson lies trapped, sharing her tomb with the monster she defeated. An epic battle rages sile...

A powerhouse grimdark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The House of Sacrifice is the thunderous conclusion to Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives.Marith Altrersyr has won. He cut a path of blood and vengeance and needless violence around the world and now he rules. It is time for Marith to put down his sword, to send home his armies, to grow a beard and become fat. It is time to look to ...

"I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR DRINKING WITH THE FAE FOLK"Whitechapel, 1886:As proprietor of the Devil's Draft pub, Frederick Hawthorne's made all sorts of friends and enemies...not all of them exactly human. Least of all whatever haunts the crumbling old countryside chapel where he's found himself, or the winged green lady who keeps turning up everywhere he goes. At least she seems to be on his side, which is a good thing, considering th...

A powerhouse story of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The Tower of Living and Dying is a continuation of Anna Smith Spark's brilliant Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives.Marith has been a sellsword, a prince, a murderer, a demon, and dead. But something keeps bringing him back to life, and now there is nothing stopping him from taking back the throne that is rightfully his.Thalia, the former high priestess, re...

Dark tales inspired by J. M. Barrie's classic stories of Neverland, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, and of course Peter Pan, from some the masters of science-fiction, horror and fantasy including A. C. Wise, Claire North, Lavie Tidhar and more.The award-winning Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane bring together the masters of fantasy, science-fiction and horror, to spin stories inspired by J. M. Barrie’s classic tale.A murder investigation leads a detective to a strange pl...

The first volume of Fight Like A Girl was produced in response to accusations that stories of women warriors were somehow unrealistic and anachronistic. Sadly the need to counter such narratives still exists, but with this new volume we have also sought to broaden the types of women in the stories, and the ways in which they fight. In this book you will find a variety of science fiction and fantasy stories by top women writers. The heroines will face down adversity in many different ways a...

Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy's most exciting new voices.It is the richest empire the world has ever known, and it is also doomed -- but only one man can see it.Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the capital city. Once they enter the palace, they have one mission: kill the emperor, then all...