Fall of the Kings

Ellen Kushner (1955- )Ellen Kushner is the author of World Fantasy Award-winner Thomas the Rhymer, and 'Swords of Riverside' comprising the interconnected novels Swordspoint, The Privilege of the Sword, and The Fall of the Kings (with Delia Sherman). She narrated these as audiobooks for Neil Gaiman Presents, winning an Audie Award for Swordspoint. She has taught creative writing at Clarion, the Odyssey Workshop, and is an instructor at Hollins University's Children's Literature M.F.A. program. She lives in New York City with Delia Sherman and far too many books.

Swordspoint was the best fantasy novel of 1989. The Fall of Kings is better - twistier and deeper - Neil GaimanKushner and Sherman don't spin fables or knit fancies: they are world-forgers, working in a language of iron and air - Gregory MaguireA wonderful book, beautifully written with marvellous magical moments - Jo Walton