The Scent of Tears
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For the first time in print, Adrian Tchaikovsky has opened up the realm of the Apt, as featured in his best-selling Shadow of the Apt decalogy, to a carefully selected cast of fellow writers, inviting them to do their best and their worst within the world he has created. They have done just that. Topped and tailed by two new stories form Adrian himself, some of the finest imaginations in fantasy, including winners of the David Gemmell Award, the Costa Book Award and British Fantasy Award, have combined to produce a stunning collection of tales that examine fresh aspects of the Apt world and its people.
Contents:
Old Blood - Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Scent of Tears - Keris McDonald
Wonder - Frances Hardinge
The Promise of a Threat - David Tallerman
The Unforeseen Path - Juliet E. McKenna
The Message - John Gwynne
The Mantis Way - Peter Newman
Poor Little Earwig Girl - Tom Lloyd
Forwards, Up, Back, Down - Joff Leader
Recipes for Good Living - Justina Robson
God of Profound Things - Adrian Tchaikovsky
Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's novels including, Fly By Night's sequel, Twilight Robbery, as well as the Carnegie shortlisted Cuckoo Song and the Costa Book of the Year winner, The Lie Tree.
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