Swallowtail & Sword: The Scholar's Book of Story & Song (Tails from the Upper Kingdom 4)
by H. Leighton DicksonPublish: Apr 30, 2015Action & Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy Book Overview
Before there was a Shogun, Before there was a Journey, there was a Story.
"Fascinating, Exotic, Original Fantasy!" - Jennifer Quail, Strange Roads
SWALLOWTAIL & SWORD is a collection of short stories based on the characters from TO JOURNEY IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. From Ling's first hour as Empress to Solomon's last hour in the world of men, these are the events that shaped them, molded them, set them on the Road to Pol'Lhasa and it's high winged courts. These are the stories of the Captain and the Geomancer, the Scholar and the Alchemist, the Major and the Priest, the Empress and the Ancestor in their lives before they came together to change the world.