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All over the world, fairy tales are told.There are big fairies and little fairies.Ugly fairies and pretty fairies.Wise fairies and silly fairies.Sweet fairies and scary fairies. Seventeen authors share their own fantastic fairy tales in this magical collection. What kind of fairy will you meet here? Featuring stories by: Lillian Csernica, Michael Lee Johnson, Kara Race-Moore, Elizabeth Guizzetti, James Penha, Samuel Poots, Matthew A Timmins, HA Titus, C.F. Bentley, Sarah Joy Adams, Teresa Milbrodt, Cynthia Ward, Shayna Coplan, Manny Frishberg and Edd Vick, Ben Stewart, Brandy T Wilson, and Lucy D Ford

Arkanost has Seven Exalted Orders. No more, no less. When a magus goes renegade in a far-off province, the Mage Lords demand that something be done. Ryamon is bitter and frustrated. He longs to be a Fire magus; as a Stone magus, he's miserable. If he can bring the rogue back, he has a chance - his last chance - to fulfill his dream. It's a great plan - until he actually meets Valdira.

Brastigan knows it well enough; he is 13th in line for the throne, and he is bored. A misfit and rogue, Brastigan keeps busy drinking and fighting, until one day he nearly dies in a brawl. Was it an accident -- or attempted murder? Before he can find out, Brastigan is packed off on a "e;noble quest"e; to find the sorceress Yriatt, who may be able to answer his questions. With him goes Lottres, his half-brother and life long friend. But Lottres has his own reasons for wanting to see Yriatt. His secret threatens to tear their friendship apart. Meanwhile, their sister Therula waits and worries about her lover, Pikarus, who went with the two princes on their quest. She alone realizes that Crutham has been infiltrated by forces of darkest sorcery. It's a race against time in this story of romance, treachery and the bond between brothers. Only Brastigan, who doesn't fit in anywhere, can thwart the secret traitor -- and maybe find out where he truly belongs.