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Among Thorns & Stardust
Science Fiction Fairy Tale Retellings Anthology
Seven fairy tales as you've never experienced them before by seven authors.
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What if Snow White lived in a virtual world where lines of reality blur?
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What if Cinderella's ugly step-sister was half made of metal and springs?
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What if Sleeping Beauty slipped into a hundred years of cyro sleep?
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What if Rapunzel lived in a skyscraper?
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What if 11 princes were transferred into robotic birds?
The last one is my retelling of the The Wild Swans fairy tale:
​On an interstellar search for her missing brothers, Lark Svanur may have met her prince via subspace code. But when she discovers him stealing top-secret parts from one of her brothers’ ships, can she trust him to help her save all eleven of them from the lab of her stepmother, or will their happily ever after be over before it begins?
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Heat Level: Mild.
Her birth sparked a war.
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She's vowed to end it.
Since she could hold a knife, eighteen-year-old Seren Moralis--bastard daughter of the enemy prince--has been fighting to prove her loyalty to the Primodian nobilis. After pledging to her uncle's House, she overhears his war plans to send a "weapon" to infiltrate the hidden holds of the Felinae. He must mean her. A surprise bethrothal, however, has her running into the arms of her enemies under the guise of being the one thing she despises--a traitor.
Content Information for Oathbreaker
Audience
New Adult/Adult
Oathbreaker is an adult fantasy novel with themes for mature readers. It may appeal to adult readers of YA fantasy, who enjoy a fast pace, an immersive experience, and the exploration of relationships amid a world of courtly intrigue, conflict, magic, betrayal, and romance.
Content
Oathbreaker is an adult fantasy novel with themes for mature readers. It contains sensitive content, not limited to:
• a few scenes of mild to medium fantasy violence (sword fighting, duels, burnings, hangings, executions, after-effects of torture, and conflicts that result in injuries or death)
• the two groups (Felinae and Primordians) are in a guerrilla-type war
• brief consumption of alcoholic beverages and mild recreational drug use by some
• brief scene of the aftermath of the torture of a minor character, which leads to minor character attempting suicide by knife to end suffering; he fails, and is assisted/killed
• flashback of physical (not sexual) assault on a main female character by a group
• a character suffers an eye injury resulting in the loss of sight in one eye
• hints that one character was involved (coerced) in a past abusive sexual relationship (not the Female Main Character)
• there is discrimination against the FMC based on her mixed heritage as half-Felinae (insults, shunning) and she is ashamed of her father’s heritage (not based on physical attributes but on the war between the two groups).
• some of the violence includes choking/attempted strangulation
• FMC must navigate tight spaces under a mountain (claustrophobia)
• the Primordians are settlers on the Isle of Luminaria and have driven the original inhabitants of the isle (the Felinae) into hiding
• the life of a horse is threatened by natural disaster but horse survives without undue injury
• off-page there is hunting and consuming of animals as food
• a character attempts infanticide (smothering) but is not successful; the baby is fine
Heat Level
Low to medium
You can expect kissing and partial nudity.
Representation
LGBTQIA+Â Friendly
While this novel is focused predominantly on cishet M/F relationships, it includes other gender identities and sexual orientations.
About the Author
Meghan Tomlinson fell in love with stories and began creating her own books at age 7. She grew up in a small town near Great Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, imagining all sorts of fantastical worlds and characters.
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She's lived in many cities and towns across the province in both Southern and Northwestern Ontario. She earned her Master of Arts degree in English Literature at York University.
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She eventually returned to the North Shore, where she now makes her home with her husband, two kids, and puppy. When she's not writing, she can be found curled up with a cup of tea, some chocolate, and a good book.
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