- Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

Dangerous Women

By Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois have put together a towering anthology of specially-commissioned stories from the most stellar names in the genre, set in a number of readers’ favourite fantasy worlds.

George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones.

The collection will also feature a new and unpublished 100pp novella by George R.R. Martin set in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire – now the award-winning HBO show, Game of Thrones.

The novella, entitled ‘The Princess and the Queen’, will reveal the origins of the Targaryen Civil War, otherwise known as ‘The Dance of the Dragons’, a war that split a then-fledgling Westeros in two, pitting Targaryen against Targaryen and dragon against dragon.

The Dangerous Women anthology also contains contributions from the following worldwide bestselling authors:

  • “Some Desperado” by Joe Abercrombie – A Red Country story
  • “Nora’s Song” by Cecelia Holland
  • “Bombshells” by Jim Butcher – A Harry Dresden story
  • “Wrestling Jesus” by Joe R. Lansdale
  • “Neighbours” by Megan Lindholm (who also writes as Robin Hobb)
  • “Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell” by Brandon Sanderson
  • “A Queen in Exile” by Sharon Kay Penman
  • “The Girl in the Mirror” by Lev Grossman – A Magicians story
  • “Virgins” by Diana Gabaldon – An Outlander story
Format: ebook
Release Date: 27 Nov 2013
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-0-00-754941-2
George R.R. Martin has written six novels and many screenplays for television and feature films. 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.

‘This meaty collection delivers something for nearly every reader’s taste as it explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb’Publisher’s Weekly -

‘Reads like Martin’s outline for a Game of Thrones prequel that never wasEntertainment Weekly -