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Windhaven is a sci-fi repair novel co-composed by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle. The novel is a gathering of three novellas accumulated and first distributed together in 1981 by Timescape Books.[1] It was distributed as a mass market softcover in 1982 by Pocket Books. The two versions included cover craftsmanship by Vincent Di Fate.[2] It was later republished by Bantam Spectra in hardcover in 2001, and soft cover in 2003 and 2012, with cover workmanship by Stephen Youll. The novel was additionally distributed in soft cover shape in the UK by New English Library in 1982 and Gollancz in 1988. Windhaven was named for a Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1982,[3] and completed in second place in that year's Locus Poll.[4] Martin and Tuttle moved toward becoming companions in 1973 and soon chose to work together on a story, which turned into the first of the three novellas, The Storms of Windhaven (incorporated into the novel as "Storms").[5] During t

HUNTER's Run is a 2007 sci-fi novel composed by Daniel Abraham, Gardner Dozois, and George R. R. Martin. It is an intensely modified an extended adaptation of a before novella called Shadow Twin.  The novel was initially distributed by Harper Voyager in the UK in September 2007, with a cover photograph by Tony Sweet.[1][2] In January 2008, Eos/HarperCollins distributed it in the US, with cover craftsmanship by Stephan Martinière.[3] Subterranean Press distributed a restricted release with cover workmanship by Bob Eggleton.[4]  On the settlement planet of São Paulo, a man named Ramon Espejo slaughters a man in a battle outside a bar over a lady. It comes to pass the man was a negotiator, and Espejo chooses to keep out of sight in the wild in the north of the planet's real mainland. While secluded from everything, he coincidentally finds an outsider establishment. The suspicious outsiders catch him and render him oblivious. At the point when Ramon awakens, he discovers t

The Black Death was a standout amongst the most decimating pandemics in mankind's history, bringing about the passing of an expected 75 to 200 million individuals in Eurasia and cresting in Europe in the years 1346– 1353.[Although there were a few contending hypotheses with regards to the reason for the Black Death, investigations of DNA from individuals in northern and southern Europe distributed in 2010 and 2011 demonstrate that the pathogen capable was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, bringing about a few types of torment, including the bubonic plague. The Black Death is thought to have started in the pa rched fields of Central Asia, where it at that point went along the Silk Road, achieving Crimea by 1343. From there, it was no doubt conveyed by Oriental rodent bugs living in the dark arts that were customary travelers on shipper ships. Spreading all through the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is evaluated to have murdered 30– 60% of Europe's aggregate popula

The Sworn Sword is the second in George R. R. Martin 's Tales of Dunk & Egg , following the the story of Dunk and Egg a year and a half after the events of The Hedge Knight . It was first published in the Legends II anthology series, a collection of short stories by authors such as Tad Williams , Orson Scott Card , and Neil Gaiman . As before the story's focus is almost exclusively on Dunk and Egg and their progression through life. The novella focuses on the difficult path of chivalry when taking part in petty feuds and casual injustices are part and parcel of what it means to be a sworn man in the feudal Seven Kingdoms . Summary. The story opens 18 months after the occasions of The Hedge Knight. The two are amidst a frightful summer dry spell in the Reach (which itself took after the Great Spring Sickness). Dunk has sworn his sword to Ser Eustace Osgrey of Standfast, an old, done knight who harps on the double misfortunes of his family and its old respects.