Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
by:
Tamora Pierce (author)
Collected here for the first time are all of the tales from the land of Tortall, featuring both previously unknown characters as well as old friends. Filling some gaps of time and interest, these stories, some of which have been published before, will lead Tammy's fans, and new readers into one...
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Collected here for the first time are all of the tales from the land of Tortall, featuring both previously unknown characters as well as old friends. Filling some gaps of time and interest, these stories, some of which have been published before, will lead Tammy's fans, and new readers into one of the most intricately constructed worlds of modern fantasy.From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B004FGMPK8
Pages no: 402
Edition language: English
Series: Tortall
This was a solid collection of stories. I enjoyed them all, with one rather shocking exception which I am afraid that I will go on at length about in a bit. None of them became instant favorites, but I am glad I read them. As is par for the course with Tamora Pierce, there is a preponderance of st...
I love Tamora Pierce, as I've mentioned numerous times before. The Tortall series is one of my absolute favorites, even though I haven't read the Beka Cooper series yet (it's on the list!) This is a collection of stories, most based in Tortall and its surrounding countries. Almost all had Tamora P...
I'm a fan of Tamora Pierce's young adult fantasies, which I discovered as an adult after a friend who loved her books from childhood was horrified when I asked her Tamora who? She can fall into a preachy political correctness, which can be seen from time to time in these shorts, but she also writes ...
Though I absolutely adore Tamora Pierce, and her Lioness books (actually, all her books) defined my childhood, I was less thrilled with this short story collection. I enjoyed it, yes. Newcomers to her work would not do well to start here, as most of the stories require knowledge of not only her worl...
A collection of short stories, some set in Tortall (mostly covering new ground and new characters although in one of my favorites we get to know Daine's dragon Kitten much better), some in slightly different fantasy settings, or even in our own, non-magical world. Some of the stories are simply bril...