A Breviary of Fire

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."

The words of composer Gustav Mahler animate this collection of sixteen tales from award-winning author Marie Brennan, inspired by mythological and folkloric traditions around the world. Here you will find flames of revenge, immortality, and grace, as a valkyrie seeks peace, a queen weaves and unweaves her own fate, and a goddess vanishes from mortal memory - but never from the page.

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A Breviary of Fire

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."

The words of composer Gustav Mahler animate this collection of sixteen tales from award-winning author Marie Brennan, inspired by mythological and folkloric traditions around the world. Here you will find flames of revenge, immortality, and grace, as a valkyrie seeks peace, a queen weaves and unweaves her own fate, and a goddess vanishes from mortal memory - but never from the page.

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A Breviary of Fire

A Breviary of Fire

by Marie Brennan
A Breviary of Fire

A Breviary of Fire

by Marie Brennan

Overview

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."

The words of composer Gustav Mahler animate this collection of sixteen tales from award-winning author Marie Brennan, inspired by mythological and folkloric traditions around the world. Here you will find flames of revenge, immortality, and grace, as a valkyrie seeks peace, a queen weaves and unweaves her own fate, and a goddess vanishes from mortal memory - but never from the page.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781636322452
Publisher: Book View Cafe
Publication date: 06/11/2024
Series: Collected Short Fiction of Marie Brennan
Pages: 150
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly leans on her academic fields for inspiration. She is the author of more than twenty novels and eighty short stories, and her work has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. As half of M.A. Carrick, she has also written the Rook and Rose epic fantasy trilogy, beginning with The Mask of Mirrors.
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