Book Description
Fifteen original stories of Renaissance faire magic and mayhem by fantasy's finest.
From a master jeweler who unexpectedly gains a treasure beyond prince.
A musician suddenly able to work magic with his strings.
A Thief who picks the wrong mark-or perhaps the right one.
A policeman's encounter with Merlin and murder. Here are imaginative tales of enchantment certain to captivate both Faire-goers and fantasy fans alike.
Renaissance Faire FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
Those who enjoy visiting Renaissance festivals and everything that entails -- dressing up in medieval costumes, consuming smoked turkey legs and pints of ale, listening to minstrels and watching knightly jousting matches, etc. -- are in for a treat. Andre Norton and Jean Rabe have collected 15 never-before-published fantastical tales set in and around Renaissance Faires. The book includes stories by Joe Haldeman, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Kevin J. Anderson, and Rebecca Moesta.
Noteworthy stories include "Jewels Beyond Price" by Scarborough, a story about a vendor at a Renaissance festival who is inadvertently given a magical lamp inhabited by a benevolent genie, and Robert E. Vardeman's "A Time for Steel," in which two cops policing an Arizona festival try to unravel a murder -- and stumble across the sword Excalibur. "Splinter" by Anderson and Moesta, in which a ruthless pickpocket at a Renaissance Faire comes face to face with a heavenly storyteller, is easily the most impressive story in the collection. Wil is a master thief in the process of filling his pockets with money and valuables from unsuspecting Faire goers. But when he tries to rob an old storyteller of a strange wooden artifact, his life -- and soul -- are forever changedﾽ
Fantasy fans who are, according to Norton and Rabe, looking to be "swept away to a romanticized era" should look no further than Renaissance Faire. A diverse blend of stories -- fantasy, mystery, and speculative fiction -- makes this anthology truly captivating. Lords and ladies alike will verily enjoy this literary feast of the imagination. Paul Goat Allen
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Fifteen original stories of Renaissance faire magic and mayhem by fantasy's finest.
From a master jeweler who unexpectedly gains a treasure beyond prince.
A musician suddenly able to work magic with his strings.
A Thief who picks the wrong mark-or perhaps the right one.
A policeman's encounter with Merlin and murder. Here are imaginative tales of enchantment certain to captivate both Faire-goers and fantasy fans alike.
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