Oda Nobunaga. Mary, Queen of Scots. Tybalt, Prince of Cats. Award-winning author Marie Brennan’s second collection of historical fantasy features Romantic poets, Valencian sailors, and Heian monks, in a set of seven tales and two poems stretching through eight centuries and all the way around the globe. Journey into a history both familiar and changed, where one step to the side will reveal a hidden past . . .
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly leans on her academic fields for inspiration. She is the author of more than twenty novels, over one hundred short stories, and nearly two dozen poems; her work has won the Hugo Award and been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. As half of M.A. Carrick, she has also written the Rook and Rose epic fantasy trilogy and the Sea Beyond alternate history duology. For social media links, visit linktr.ee/swan_tower.