A new full-length collection of fantasy by Dave Smeds, author of "The Sorcery Within" and "The Schemes of Dragons."

A lover spun from moonlight. A wife banished for carrying the child of a demon in her womb. A queen, beheaded years ago, whose sage counsel may yet save the realm. Here are tales of swords, of magic, of romance. And of the struggle to be splendid of heart, whether the opponent lies within or without.

Magic, Swords, and Romance... Want a taste of romance in your swashbuckling adventure? Sparkling verbal repartee in your heroic quest? A lover swain spun of dreams and moonlight? A rescue from an Algerian brothel? Swords that would rather make love than fight duels? A woodland god in the guise of a wounded stag? A stowaway on a pirate ship? Between waking and dreams, 'twixt mortal lands and Faerie, the old world and the new, lies an enchanted realm. Here lovers duel with wits as well as swords, swords have souls, and swordsmen rouse from their garden graves. Master storytellers offer a sumptuous feast of lovers and rivals, ghosts and paladins, danger and daring, wit and wizardry, for your reading delight.