Dangerous Women Part 2

(Paperback)

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Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback.

George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBOs hit series GAME OF THRONES.
This second volume features an original short story by Megan Lindholm (who also writes as Robin Hobb). In the bittersweet Neighbors Sarah, a rather strange widow, lives isolated and alone, surrounded by young families. But is the old lady afflicted by dementia or by something far more odd

Other contributors to this volume of stories of formidable women include worldwide bestselling authors Diana Gabaldon, with an Outlander story, Sharon Kay Penman and Lev Grossman.

DANGEROUS WOMEN 2
Gardner Dozoiss introduction
Megan Lindholm, Neighbors
Lev Grossman, The Girl in the Mirror
Sharon Kay Penman, A Queen in Exile
S. M. Stirling, Pronouncing Doom
Caroline Spector, Lies My Mother Told Me
Sam Sykes, Name the Beast
Diana Gabaldon, Virgins

Reviews

This meaty collection delivers something for nearly every readers taste as it explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb
Publishers Weekly

Reads like Martins outline for a Game of Thrones prequel that never was
Entertainment Weekly

Author Bio

George R.R. Martin is the author of fifteen novels and novellas, including five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, several collections of short stories, as well as screenplays for television and feature films. Dubbed 'the American Tolkien', George R.R. Martin has won numerous awards including the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Executive Producer on HBO's Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones, which is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gardner Dozois was a highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy editor and novelist who won fifteen Hugo Awards for his editorial work. He was Editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011. He passed away in May 2018.