Book description
A collection of novellas and stories from one of the most critically
acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work
written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm.
Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with
vampires and alien musicians, tramps and feral cats.
In The Homecoming, Lady Carillion Carrock and a number of other
Jamaillian nobles are sailing to the Cursed Shores. Their journey is not
by choice: for plotting against the Satrap, their wealth has been
confiscated and they have been exiled. Until now, Carillion has done
nothing but lead a life of privilege. She believes they are bound for
wondrous cities, cities where ancient kings and queens dusted their skin
with gold and wore jewels above their eyes. But when she is marooned by
the ship's unscrupulous captain, she will soon discover the grim reality
of what survival in the Rain Wilds entails.
The Silver Lady is a would-be writer, ekeing out a dull existence by
working in a Sears store. The one day a man comes in: fortyish,
pleasant-looking. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except he says his name
is Merlin, and he's about to change her life.
Rosemary got involved with the wrong man. Pell is lazy, good for
nothing, a bully. Her best friend Hilia knew it and so did her tom cat,
Marmalade. But love is blind: Rosemary had Pell's baby, renovated the
cottage his grandfather left in his will, turned its land to good use;
and then he left her for another woman. Now he's back, and something
must be done… Praise for Robin Hobb:
'Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination.'
Conn Iggulden
'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers… what makes her novels
as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but
the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.'
The Times
'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller.'
Guardian
'Robin Hobb writes achingly well'
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Praise for The Liveship Traders series:
'Even better than the Assassin books. I didn't think that was possible'
George R R Martin Robin Hobb was born in California in 1952 and
majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. Assassin's
Apprentice was her first novel, and was followed by the equally
successful Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest. She lives outside
Seattle, Washington
