About Rogues

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER



A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin!



If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.



Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it.



Featuring all-new stories by



Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Neil Gaiman • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis



And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!





Cast List:

INTRODUCTION: EVERYBODY LOVES A ROGUE, read by George R. R. Martin

TOUGH TIMES ALL OVER, read by Gwendoline Christie

WHAT DO YOU DO?, read by Julia Whelan

THE INN OF THE SEVEN BLESSINGS, read by Roy Dotrice

BENT TWIG, read by Phil Gigante

TAWNY PETTICOATS, read by Ron Donachie

PROVENANCE, read by W. Morgan Sheppard

ROARING TWENTIES, read by Janis Ian

A YEAR AND A DAY IN OLD THERADANE, read by Gwendoline Christie

BAD BRASS, read by Gil Bellows

HEAVY METAL, read by Scott Brick

THE MEANING OF LOVE, read by Conleth Hill

A BETTER WAY TO DIE, read by Roy Dotrice

ILL SEEN IN TYRE, read by Gethin Anthony

A CARGO OF IVORIES, read by Ron Donachie

DIAMONDS FROM TEQUILA, read by David Greenlee

THE CARAVAN TO NOWHERE, read by W. Morgan Sheppard

THE CURIOUS AFFAIR OF THE DEAD WIVES, read by Harriet Walter

HOW THE MARQUIS GOT HIS COAT BACK, read by Roy Dotrice

NOW SHOWING, read by Molly Quinn

THE LIGHTNING TREE, read by Rupert Degas

THE ROGUE PRINCE, read by Iain Glen





Praise for Rogues



“Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal