The Bound Man

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Short story originally published as part of Epic: Legends of Fantasy. Later released as separately-published short in several formats.

Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories, Audiobook, Fiction

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winning alternate history novel The Calculating Stars, the first book in the Lady Astronaut series which continues in 2025 with The Martian Contingency. She is also the author of The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, The Spare Man and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov’s, Uncanny, and several Year’s Best anthologies. Mary Robinette has also worked as a professional puppeteer, is a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses, and performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and Neal Stephenson. She lives in Denver with her husband Robert, their dog Guppy, and their “talking” cat Elsie.

Her novel Calculating Stars is one of only eighteen novels to win the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards in a single year.

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two ‘races’. One of female warriors, the other of males. Using the Chooser of the Slain’s ancient sword, Halldor ‘summons’ Li Reiko, a legendary female warrior from another time, to heal his Duke in exchange for becoming her bound man. And ends up fulling destiny.

Wasn’t sure about this at first but as kept reading I was drawn in.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

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