[The Faithful and the Fallen #4.5 (The Greatest Battle 01] • Art of War

Charity Anthology: All proceeds going to MSF (Doctors Without Borders).

“War, my friend, is a thing of beauty.”

How do you get forty fantasy authors to contribute short stories for a war-themed anthology without paying them? It sounds as if there should be a good punchline to that, but all Petros Triantafyllou did was twist the moral thumbscrews and tell them all the profits would go to Doctors Without Borders, a charity that works tirelessly across the world to alleviate the effects of conflict, sickness and poverty.

So, with clear consciences, several busloads of excellent and acclaimed fantasy authors have applied themselves to the task of penning a veritable mountain of words on the subject of The Art of War, expect bloodshed, gore, pathos, insight, passion, and laughs. Maybe even a wombat. Who knows. Anyway, as the original blurb said: “It’s good. Buy it.”

-Mark Lawrence

Print version includes forty black white interior art pieces.

Contents

Interior artwork by Jason Deem

Foreword / Brian D. Anderson

The Breaking of the Sky / Ed McDonald

The Last Arrow (Sorcery Ascendant Sequence) / Mitchell Hogan

Dear Menelaus / Laura M. Hughes

Warborn / C.T. Phipps

The Greatest Battle / John Gwynne

This War of Ours / Timandra Whitecastle

Shadows in the Mist / Sue Tingey

The Art: Post War / R. J. Barker

The Fox and the Bowman / Sebastien de Castell

Arrow's Wrath / Charles F. Bond

Hard Lessons / Michael R. Miller

A Battle for Elucame: Leah / R. B. Watkinson

The Revolution Changed Everyone / D. Thourson Palmer

Misplaced Heroism / Andrew Rowe

Violet / Mazarkis Williams

The Two Faces of War / Rob J. Hayes

Grannit / J.P. Ashman

Asalantir Forever / Steven Poore

Tower of the Last / Steven Kelliher

The Waving of the Flag / Thomas R. Gaskin

The Art of War / Brian Staveley

Hero of the Day / Nathan T. Boyce

Sacred Semantics / Nicholas Eames

The War God's Axe / Anne Nicholls

The Feather and the Paw / Benedict Patrick

Until the Light Had Faded / Graham Austin-King

Under the Queen's Throne / Ed Greenwood

Good Steel / Zachary Barnes

The Cost of Power / Ulff Lehmann

The Undying Lands / Michael R. Fletcher

The Fall of Tereen / Anna Smith Spark

Valkyrie Rain / Dyrk Ashton

Chattels / Stan Nicholls

The Storm / Miles Cameron

Shortblade / Brandon Draga

Rendered Chaos / D. M. Murray

The Best and Bravest / M. L. Spencer

Exhibition / Ben Galley

Flesh and Coin / Anna Stephens

The Hero of Aral Pass (The Broken Empire Universe) / Mark Lawrence