A collection of short stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm.A collection of short 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'SFXPraise for The Liveship Traders series:'Even better than the Assassin books. I didn't think that was possible'George R R MartinRobin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction.She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska, where she learned how to raise a wolf cub, to skin a moose and to survive in the wilderness. When she married a fisherman who fished herring and the Kodiak salmon-run for half the year, these skills would stand her in good stead. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.• ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE, Hobb’s debut, has now sold over 275,000 copies in the UK alone.• Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm are one and the same person; but they are very different writers. The Inheritance is a collection of short novels, novellas and stories which showcases some of the best fiction she has written under either name.• Extensive online publicity – prepublication extracts, author interviews and reviews.• Advance reading copies for key reviewers and buyers.Competition: SIX OF CROWS;THE NAME OF THE WIND;THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA;WHEEL OF TIME;THE FINAL EMPIRE;THE BLADE ITSELF;EARTHSEA;A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES;HARRY POTTER;DUNE. brandon;sanderson;scott;lynch;samantha;shannon;naomi;novik;katherine;arden;patrick;rothfuss;robert;jordan;leigh bardugo;joe abercrombie
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