Dangerous Women Part 3
By (Author) George R.R. Martin
Edited by Gardner Dozois
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
24th November 2014
20th November 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Short stories
813.01083522
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
180g
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 third volume features an original short story by Joe Abercrombie. 'Some Desperado' centres on Shy South, the protagonist of Abercrombies novel RED COUNTRY. Having robbed a bank, Shy is carrying 2,000 silver pieces, and she's on the run when her horse catches an arrow. Marooned in a dusty ghost town, she faces up to a trio of murderous, flea-bitten criminals
This volume of stories about hard-living bad girls, killers and superheroes also includes contributions from worldwide bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Melinda Snodgrass and Pat Cadigan.
DANGEROUS WOMEN 3
Gardner Dozoiss introduction
Joe Abercrombie, Some Desperado
Diana Rowland, City Lazarus
Sherlynn Kenyon, Hell Hath No Fury
Melinda Snodgrass, The Hands That Are Not There
Pat Cadigan, Caretakers
Cecelia Holland, Noras Song
Jim Butcher, Bombshells
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
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.