The Tangleroot Palace stories
New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel, Monstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection, dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction you will find...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
Tachyon Publications,
2021.
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| Summary: | New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel, Monstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection, dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women. Briar, bodyguard for a body-stealing sorceress, discovers her love for Rose, whose true soul emerges only once a week. An apprentice witch seeks her freedom through betrayal, the bones of the innocent, and a meticulously-plotted spell. In a world powered by crystal skulls, a warrior returns to save China from invasion by her jealous ex. A princess runs away from an arranged marriage, finding family in a strange troupe of traveling actors at the border of the kingdom<U+2019>s deep, dark woods. Concluding with a gorgeous full-length novella, Marjorie Liu<U+2019>s first short fiction collection is an unflinching sojourn into her thorny tales of love, revenge, and new beginnings. |
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| Physical Description: | 239 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781616963521 1616963522 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
