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Ruth Nestvold is the author of the critically-acclaimed novella Looking Through Lace, and the series The Pendragon Chronicles and The Age of Magic. Her fiction has been short-listed for the Nebula and Tiptree awards, and won the Premio Italia for best work of speculative fiction translated into Italian. Aside from Italian, her books and stories have been translated into German, Spanish, Dutch and Hungarian.

It's a dangerous thing, creating glass slippers for a prince ...

Seventeen-year-old Chiara Dragoni is a master glassmaker of Venice, a position that is both a privilege — and a trap. For the glassmakers of Murano are forbidden to ever leave the islands of the Venetian lagoon. When Chiara's uncle is caught on the mainland and thrown into the dungeon of the Doge's Palace, she must use all her talents, including magic, to help free him. But the gift she creates for a prince of Venice has unintended consequences.

And now Chiara must decide whether to give up everything and everyone she knows in order to save her dream — and be with the man she truly loves ...

Set in an alternate historical Venice with alchemists, witches and magic, Island of Glass uses familiar motifs from the beloved fairy tale "Cinderella" to tell a very different tale. It is the first book in The Glassmakers Trilogy.

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Category: Teen & Young Adult; Science Fiction & Fantasy

As the only woman on the first contact team, xenolinguist Toni Donato expected her assignment on Christmas would be to analyze the secret women's language -- but then the chief linguist begins to sabotage her work. What is behind it? Why do the men and women have separate languages in the first place? What Toni learns turns everything she thought they knew on its head. Originally published in Asimov's in 2003, "Looking Through Lace" was a finalist for the Tiptree and Sturgeon awards. The Italian translation won the Premio Italia for best work of speculative fiction in translation in 2007.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gawain was not only Arthur's champion, he was the champion of the ladies as well. He loved many women, but none too much -- until one of his lovers told him she intended to marry another man.

Now, a year later, he is running away from his disappointment, traveling north to fight against a mysterious warrior who has taken the hill-fort of the lady Ragnell.

But there is a mystery to Ragnell too, the beauty with the ravaged face. And Gawain learns he must solve both mysteries, that of the warrior and that of the lady ...

Publisher's note: Gawain and Ragnell is an expanded version of an episode in Shadow of Stone, the second book in the best-selling Arthurian fantasy series, "The Pendragon Chronicles." It is a stand-alone story. Readers who have read Shadow of Stone will already be familiar with the tale. The ebook includes an excerpt from the first book in the series, YSEULT.

"Gawain and Ragnell" is a story of approximately 17,000 words, or 65 pages.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; History

Uthyr destroyed her life. Now she wants revenge.

When young Ygerna first meets Uthyr, Pendragon of Britain, she is dazzled by the handsome and famous warrior. But when Uthyr interprets admiration as consent and takes her by force, Ygerna's hero worship turns to hatred.

And she will do anything to get revenge on the man who got her with child and ruined her life.

Set in 5th century Britain after the Romans have left the province to fend for itself, Ygerna's coming of age chronicles the battles of the Romanized Britons against the Anglo-Saxon tribes who want to take over the island at the beginning of the Dark Ages.

A thoroughly new take on the story of King Arthur's mother, also known in Arthurian legend as Igraine and Ygrain, by the award-winning writer Ruth Nestvold.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; History

Game of Thrones meets Arthurian legend in this riveting retelling of the tragic story of Tristan and Isolde!

For the price of a truce, Yseult is sent to a world where magic is dying - to marry the father of the man she loves.

5th Century Britain is a land on the brink of war. Abandoned by the once great Roman Empire, it must see to its own defense. Under the leadership of Arthur, the kings of Britain fight to push back the Saxon hordes and save what is left of civilization.

The Pendragon Chronicles tell the Arthurian legends re-imagined through what little is known of the historical details of the era. Here is no chivalric society of knights and ladies; here, the battles are real and gritty, love is mixed with lust, and it is not a given that the good survive. This epic retelling of the tragic legend of Yseult and Drystan plays out against the backdrop of a violent world threatening to descend into the Dark Ages. As a member of the Old Race of Ireland, Yseult could act as a bridge between the old age and the new - but will the price be too high?

What readers are saying about The Pendragon Chronicles:

- "This book is simply Epic! Not only for the length of it (came as a shock after reading novellas for a while!) but also for the amount of history, information and detail given." Review of Yseult by Marissa.

- "For those who like a strong historical component in their historical fiction. Yseult is fully realized as an Irish princess, with a component of "powers" totally appropriate to the myths of Ireland and Arthurian tales. This story made even some of the less likely parts of the tale seem not just plausible, but inevitable." Review by Cary.

- "The book is much more than a love story. It is truly an epic, exploring the conflicts between paganism and Christianity, political maneuvering between the various kings of Britain and Ireland, the wars between themselves and with the Saxons, and a lot more. It reminded me a bit of The Mists of Avalon, although Yseult was much more fun to read." Review by Kriti Godey.

A #1 bestseller in Arthurian fantasy and an international success, with translations into German, Italian and Dutch.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; History