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Myriad Lands: Volume 1: Around the World
Paperback
Series: Myriad Lands, Book 1
ISBN13: 9781911486046
Publisher: Guardbridge Books
Published: Jun 29 2016
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Beyond the familiar tropes of kings and castles, elves and dragons, there is a whole world of possibilities for fantasy literature. This anthology collects fantasy stories whose inspiration lies beyond the traditional medieval European basis. It brings exciting new stories and overlooked voices into the fantasy genre.
This volume contains stories based on real cultures (or their magical analogues) from all over our world. Stories by: Tade Thompson, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Lyn McConchie, Daniel Heath Justice, Dilman Dila, Daniel Ausema, and more.
- A Chinese ex-soldier is confronted by the ghost of a young man he killed in battle.
- African gods roam modern Britain following an immigrant family.
- A blind Japanese girl journeys through the woods to tend her grandparents' grave and encounters a nefarious fox spirit.
- How does an Indian noble girl learn to cope after becoming untouchable?
- A Nigerian boy catches a magical fish the local magicians would love to eat. But is it worth more to him alive?
- A girl from the Caucasus mountains is set to marry a young man from the valley, when an invasion of Cyclopses interrupts the wedding.
Enjoy nineteen stories of fantasy, adventure, and magic from around the world.
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