PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Nebula and Lambda Award-winning author Nicola Griffith returns with Spear, a glorious queer retelling of Arthurian legend, full of dazzling magic and intoxicating adventure.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate. On her adventures, she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. On her adventures, she will steal the hearts of beautiful. If you go read the whole Locus Award Top Ten. Spear is a finalist in the Fantasy Novel category. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court.Īnd so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. Aflame with determination, she begins a journey of magic and mystery, love, lust and fights to death. Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US Del Rey UK) Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Solaris UK) Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom) Locus announced their Top Ten Finalists last night.

Spear is an Arthurian tale with a female twist which makes it even more amazing. The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. Nebula and Lambda Award-winning author Nicola Griffith returns with Spear, a glorious queer retelling of Arthurian legend, full of dazzling magic and. Seeing a new Nicola Griffith novella coming out put a spark in my heart. Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US Del Rey UK) Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Solaris UK) Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom) Locus announced their Top Ten Finalists last night. This program is read by the author and includes a bonus PDF of detailed notes.Ī spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild

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