Commissioned by george r. R. Martin and gardner dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three volume paperback set. This first volume features an original 35,000 word novella by george r. R. Martin. 'the princess and the queen' reveals the origins of the civil war in westeros (before the events in a game of thrones), which is known as the dance of the dragons,pitting targaryen against targaryen and dragon against dragon.