The past is prologue . . .

Kit Marlowe. Guy Fawkes. Ada Lovelace. Kings and sailors and sainted nuns populate these seven stories of historical fantasy by award-winning author Marie Brennan. They span the ages from the second century B.C.E. to the nineteenth century C.E., from ancient Persia to the London of the Onyx Court. Discover the secret histories, hear the stories that have never been told -- until now.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• And Blow Them at the Moon


• The Deaths of Christopher Marlowe


• Two Pretenders


• The Damnation of St. Teresa of Ávila


• To Rise No More


• False Colours


• Dying Old


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