This is a great collection, a fun collection, an important collection, a highly recommended collection. The Very Best of Kate Elliott is the very best that genre fiction can offer.
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Kickass heroines and riveting storytelling are the calling cards of groundbreaking fantasy author Kate Elliott (Crown of Stars, Crossroads, Court of Fives). In this long-awaited retrospective collection, her bold adventuresses, complex quests, noble sacrifices, and hard-won victories shine in classic, compact, satisfying legends.

In The Memory of Peace, a girl s powerful emotions rouse the magic of a city devastated by war. Meeting in The Queen s Garden, two princesses unite to protect their kingdom from the blind ambition of their corrupted father. While Riding the Shore of the River of Death a chieftain s daughter finds an unlikely ally on her path to self-determination.