num_pages: 239
description: New York Times bestseller and Hugo British Fantasy Romantic Times and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel Monstress Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection dark lush and spellbinding short fiction you will find unexpected detours dangerous magic and even more dangerous women.Briar bodyguard for a body-stealing sorceress discovers her love for Rose whose true soul emerges only once a week. An apprentice witch seeks her freedom through betrayal the bones of the innocent and a meticulously-plotted spell. In a world powered by crystal skulls a warrior returns to save China from invasion by her jealous ex. A princess runs away from an arranged marriage finding family in a strange troupe of traveling actors at the border of the kingdoms deep dark woods.Concluding with a gorgeous full-length novella Marjorie Lius first short fiction collection is an unflinching sojourn into her thorny tales of love revenge and new beginnings.Sympathy for the bones --The briar and the rose --The light and the fury --The last dignity of man --Where the heart lives --After the blood --Tangleroot palace
language: English
title: The Tangleroot Palace
publisher: Tachyon Publications