Swallowtail & Sword: The Scholar's Book of Story & Song - Short Stories (The Rise of the Upper Kingdom Short Story Collection) by H Leighton Dickson

Before there was a Shogun, Before there was a Journey, there was a Story.

SWALLOWTAIL & SWORD is a collection of short stories based on the characters from TO JOURNEY IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. From Ling's first hour as Empress to Solomon's last hour in the world of men, these are the events that shaped them, molded them, set them on the Road to Pol'Lhasa and it's high winged courts.

These are the stories of the Captain and the Geomancer, the Scholar and the Alchemist, the Major and the Priest, the Empress and the Ancestor in their lives before they came together to change the world. 

"Fascinating, Exotic, Original Fantasy!" - Jennifer Quail, Strange Roads

• ISBN-13 : 978-1508840657
• 256 pages