The Mocking Tower

Daniel Abraham The Book of Swords 2017 2017

Novelette 9,944 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources

Somewhere near the every-changing Mocking Tower the Imagi Vert has hidden a sword that holds the soul of the late emperor, and a thief has come to try to steal it.

Fantasy Political Resistance Philosophical

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Slow Burn Secondary World Lyrical Sacrifice Survival Contemplative Literary Close Third Person Grief And Loss Identity Bittersweet Character Driven

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deathviolence

Quasar links out; the story lives on The Book of Swords, where the author gets the click.

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