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New epic fantasy in the grand traditions - including a never-before-published Track of Glaciers and Fire history by George R. R. Martin! Dream fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever before conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic people like these made sword and sorcery a storytelling experience, a cornerstone of fantasy fiction - and an enthusiasm for a fresh generation of freelance writers rotating their own outsize stories of special and swashbuckling adventure. Now, in The Publication of Swords, acclaimed editor and best-selling author Gardner Dozois reveals an all-new anthology of original epic stories with a stellar solid of award-winning modern experts - many of them set in their creators' best-loved worlds. Become a member of today's finest tellers of fantastic stories, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, plus more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, having a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down hazard and fatality at every change with courage, cunning, and cool steel. Featuring 16 all-new experiences:
- "THE VERY BEST Man Wins" by K. J. Parker
- "Her Father's Sword" by Robin Hobb
- "The Hidden Lady" by Ken Liu
- "The Sword of Destiny" by Matthew Hughes
- "'I Am a Handsome Man,' Said Apollo Crow" by Kate Elliott
- "The Triumph of Virtue" by Walter Jon Williams
- "The Mocking Tower" by Daniel Abraham
- "Hrunting" by C. J. Cherryh
- "A Long, Cold Trail" by Garth Nix
- "WHENEVER I Was a Highwayman" by Ellen Kushner
- "The Smoking of Platinum Is Glory" by Scott Lynch
- "The Colgrid Conundrum" by Wealthy Larson
- "The King's Bad" by Elizabeth Carry
- "Waterfalling" by Lavie Tidhar
- "The Sword Tyraste" by Cecelia Holland
- "The Sons of the Dragon" by George R. R. Martin
