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Spear

Nicola Griffith

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Spear won the ADCI Literary Prize and the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize, and was a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the HWA Gold Crown Award for Historical Fiction. She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. And when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she decides her future lies at his court. So, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and sets out on her bony gelding for Caer Leon. With her stolen hunting spear and mended armour, she is an unlikely hero, not a chosen one, but one who forges her own bright path. Aflame with determination, she begins a journey of magic and mystery, love, lust and fights to death. On her adventures, she will steal the hearts of beautiful women, fight warriors and sorcerers, and make a place to call home.

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Publisher
Tordotcom
ISBN-13
9781250819338
Topics
Arthurian legend retellingQueer identity and romanceComing of ageSelf-discoveryMagic and adventure

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