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The Manticore's Soiree


A Fantasy Novel

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Fourteen tales of speculative fiction from the author of The Crimson Queen.

Beneath the demon-haunted ruins of Nes Vaneth a priest of the old ways confronts his darkest fears…

A young hacker risks everything to rescue the mind of her friend from the clutches of a malicious AI…

On a moon of Mars the guardian of humanity awakens to find the solar system in peril…

And a dilettante invites a manticore to accompany him to an infamous engagement.

The Manticore's Soiree contains three stories set in the world of The Crimson Queen: the novelette Chalice and Chance, the short story The Fall of the Raven Thane, and the first chapter of The Shadow King, the sequel to The Crimson Queen.

Includes the novelette Twilight's End, also available as a stand-alone story.

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