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The Hound and the Falcon
Death and the Lady
A story set in the world of The Hound and the
In the midst of the Black Death, in a nation constantly at war, the women of Sency have found ways to survive and even to thrive. They live well enough in their men's absence, with their faces to the world and their backs to the ancient and perilous Wood. Then one day a traveler appears, a beautiful and mysterious lady who brings with her both danger and enchantment.
49 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 21, 2013
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About the author
Judith Tarr
121 books419 followersAKA Caitlin Brennan, Kathleen Bryan.
Judith Tarr (born 1955) is an American author, best known for her fantasy books. She received her B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College in 1976, and has an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Yale University. She taught Latin and writing at Wesleyan University from 1988-1992, and taught at the Clarion science-fiction-writing workshops in 1996 and 1999.
She raises and trains Lipizzan horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona. The romantic fantasies that she writes under the name Caitlin Brennan feature dancing horses modeled on those that she raises.
Judith Tarr (born 1955) is an American author, best known for her fantasy books. She received her B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College in 1976, and has an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Yale University. She taught Latin and writing at Wesleyan University from 1988-1992, and taught at the Clarion science-fiction-writing workshops in 1996 and 1999.
She raises and trains Lipizzan horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona. The romantic fantasies that she writes under the name Caitlin Brennan feature dancing horses modeled on those that she raises.
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February 13, 2018
Listened to the Audible version, which was very well done.
I haven't read the Hound and Falcon series in years, and listening to this makes me want to pick it up again.
I haven't read the Hound and Falcon series in years, and listening to this makes me want to pick it up again.
December 28, 2023
The Hound and Falcon books will likely always have a special place in my heart. I found this short story almost on accident, and it made me wish Judith Tarr would write just one more book set in that world. (And then another, and another. Of course.) I want to know what became of the elf people, whether they ever did come back or if they closed all the doors completely and went somewhere else.
I suppose I never will know, but it's still good to get this little glimpse of how their doorway survived.
I suppose I never will know, but it's still good to get this little glimpse of how their doorway survived.
July 30, 2016
It was okay. I feel like I would have preferred more in this story instead of the snippet. It was like there was a whole 'nother story before this and Death and the Lady picked up after it. I'm not sure if that sufficiently describes it.
March 10, 2014
Not long enough!!!
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