Description: "Immensely appealing, intelligent, and great fun." -- Kirkus Reviews "The authors tap into fantasy's genuine source of drama, its ability to haunt, appall, transform." -- Locus "Embraces the age-old struggle between scholars and mystics . . . to bridge the gulf that separates history from mystery." -- Fantasy & Science Fiction "One of the bawdiest and most intellectually stimulating novels of the year!" -- BookPage "Richly textured . . . authentic . . . A fantasy novel that won't insult your intelligence." -- Science Fiction Chronicle "Gorgeous prose and a galloping story, with . . . a deep understanding of a true scholar's passion for his subject." --Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow "Stunning . . . If Oscar Wilde were writing high fantasy, he'd want to write The Fall of the Kings. " --Sarah Smith, author of A Citizen of the Country "Attractive characters, realistically enmeshed in social, political, and personal concerns . . . realized with a robust depth and realism." --Suzy McKee Charnas, author of My Father's Ghost "Kushner and Sherman don't spin fables or knit fancies: they are world-forgers, working in a language of iron and air." --Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked "Splendid . . . one of my favorite books this year!" --Charles de Lint, author of The Onion Girl "This is how fantasy should be written! . . . Sweeps you in and lets you live the story with the characters." --Lynn Flewelling, author of The Bone Doll's Twin "A delicious read . . . dark, sexy, and wickedly funny by turns. I loved it. You'll love it too." --Terri Windling, editor of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror "Ellen Kushner writes like an angel . . . pellucid, poetically structured prose [and] a gathering sense of tragic reality." --Algis Budrys

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