{"id":1949,"date":"2010-09-16T18:12:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:14:21","slug":"a-dark-and-stormy-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1949","title":{"rendered":"Dark and Stormy Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark and Stormy Knights<\/a><\/em> (2010) edited by P.N. Elrod<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I can’t help myself–I love anthologies. And fantasy anthologies with writers who write their fantasy with a healthy does of mystery? Sign me up! All anthologies have high and low points, but overall this was a fairly strong group of stories.<\/p>\n

The book starts off with a current favorite author, Ilona Andrews<\/a>. This is a Kate Daniels story, only set in the past, when Kate was still working for the Mercenary Guild. And we get to see how she met Saiman, which is a story well worth reading. Plus, this glimpse into Kate’s past was quite interesting. I have to admit that as much as I have been enjoying the series, I really really like independent Kate.<\/p>\n

The second story is by Jim Butcher<\/a>, but is not a Dresden story (although Harry is mentioned). Instead the main character is John Marcone, who we met in an earlier Dresden book. Justine is in trouble, and comes to Marcone for sanctuary as he is a signer of the Accords. Unfortunately a really nasty monster is after Justine, and Marcone doesn’t really have that much to gain by helping her. What was especially interesting about this story was seeing characters like Harry from the eyes of outsides.<\/p>\n

The fourth story was Rachel Caine<\/a>‘s story, “Even a Rabbit Will Bite.” I wasn’t particularly thrilled with her Weather Warden series, so I wasn’t expecting much from this story. Interestingly, it’s a short stand-alone story that I ended up liking very much. Lisel is the last Dragonslayer, and she is to train her replacement to kill the last remaining dragon. An elderly woman is rarely the hero of the story, so I especially liked that twist.<\/p>\n

Jack Flemming makes another appearance in P.N. Elrod<\/a>‘s story “Dark Lady.” A woman shows up looking for Jack, to beg him for help saving her fiancee from the mob. Unfortunately, he double crossed Gordy (Jack’s sort of boss) so there’s not much Jack thinks he can do for her, but being a sucker for a damsel in distress, he tries to help her anyway.<\/p>\n

Lilith Saintcrow<\/a>‘s story, “Rookwood & Mrs. King” was a vampire story, only without the romantic swoony vampires. Which was a nice change. A woman asks Rookwood to kill her husband, and Rookwood starts to refuse until she tells him her husband is undead and haunting her. <\/p>\n

The final story was Carrie Vaughan<\/a>‘s “God’s Creatures” which stars Cormac early in his career, before meeting Kitty. Again, I liked stepping into a characters past, and I also liked learning more about a secondary character–a nice twist that brings you into the world that already exists, but doesn’t do anything to ruin the ongoing storyline if you’re not familiar with the author.<\/p>\n

Yes, there were other stories, but they weren’t particular favorites. but the stories mentioned above are well worth the price of the book, especially if you’ve not read stories by these authors before.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by St Martin’s Griffin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dark and Stormy Knights (2010) edited by P.N. Elrod I can’t help myself–I love anthologies. And fantasy anthologies with writers who write their fantasy with a healthy does of mystery? Sign me up! All anthologies have high and low points, but overall this was a fairly strong group of stories. 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