Description: A collection of new fantasy stories from one of the most popular contemporary fantasy writers in the world. 8 new tales, half of which have never before been published, find the author returning to the genre that made him famous.
-- In "Reave the Just, " a man discovers something of the nature of justice -- and the power of ideas.
-- In "The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed, " a spoiled youngster receives a rather unexpected kind of tuition.
-- In "The Killing Stroke, " Donaldson uses his own considerable knowledge of martial arts to concoct a tale of ideals and of identities, and of how philosophies sometime can and cannot stand up to real life.
-- In "The Kings of Tarshish Shall Bring Gifts, " a young tyrant learns the importance of having dreams -- or, better yet, forgetting them.
-- In "Penance, " Donaldson, in his own words, comes "as close to writing a vampire story as I'm ever likely to get."
-- In "The Woman Who Loved Pigs, " a simple village girl meets her love and nemesis -- i the form of a rather dictatorial porcine.
-- In "What Makes Us Human, " the only science fiction story in the collection, an alien attack gives unexpected hope to a discouraged crew.
-- And in "By Any Other Name, " a hapless merchant crosses a powerful mage -- and finds his life unexpectedly inverted.

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