Short Stories
“A Heretic by Degrees”
When nothing in the world can save the king, his people look outside the world for help.
“Driftwood”
The first of the Driftwood stories. A young woman seeks out a man who has survived the death of his world for centuries.
“From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review”
A short story in Lady Trent’s world, set between Voyage of the Basilisk and In the Labyrinth of Drakes. Contains no spoilers for the series.
“The Mirror-City”
The sun’s right eye gazed down upon La Specchia, and its left eye gazed back a thousand-fold, unblinking. Clouds and high winds had blinded those thousand reflected eyes for weeks, ever since the death of the city’s ruler; but now the canals and lagoons lay flat and quiet, not a ripple disturbing their mirrored surfaces. […]
