Marie Dowd

Necklace of Gems Marie Dowd

From an isolated space-station above Jupiter to the haunted ruins of a fallen capital, this collection of thirty-seven short stories span many science fiction and fantasy worlds. A roguish captain needs to save face as much as save contraband from inspectors. Identity theft has a new meaning when it's an elven princess, held hostage after the war is lost. Great space battles are less great when surviving veteran is left unbalanced by trauma. A dreamlike chase through wild forests hypnotizes a normal businessman, in spite of the blood.

These are the desperate, and some fail to choose wisely when danger or opportunity strikes.

Included in this omnibus collection are all fantasy and science fiction stories from the Necklace of.. collections published by the author in 2015, as well as bonus stories.