Heroes in Training

Heroes in Training is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in September 2007.[1]

Heroes in Training
Cover of Heroes in Training
EditorsMartin H. Greenberg
Jim C. Hines
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy short stories
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
2007
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pagesviii, 311 pp.
ISBN978-0-7564-0438-3
OCLC144228432
813.0876608 222
LC ClassPS648.F3 H463 2007

The book collects thirteen short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Hines. It "follows the transformation of ordinary people into extraordinary heroes, including a shape-shifter who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission."[2]

Contents

  • Introduction (Jim C. Hines)
  • "Roomies" (Esther Friesner)
  • "Three Names of the Hidden God" (Vera Nazarian)
  • "The Princess, the Page, and the Master Cook's Son" (Sherwood Smith)
  • "The Children's Crusade" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
  • "The Apprentice" (Catherine H. Shaffer)
  • "Beneath the Skin" (James Lowder)
  • "Giantkiller" (G. Scott Huggins)
  • "Drinker" (Michael Jasper)
  • "King Harrowhelm" (Ed Greenwood)
  • "Honor is a Game Mortals Play" (Eugie Foster)
  • "The Wizard's Legacy" (Michael A. Burstein)
  • "A Touch of Blue: a Web Shifters Story" (Julie Czerneda)
  • "Sir Apropos of Nothing and The Adventure of the Receding Heir" (Peter David)
  • "About the Authors"

Notes

  1. Heroes in Training title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. Publisher's blurb.


gollark: Only a few hundred.
gollark: The chests can only store about... 30k furnaces total, so I need to dump them on people or it stops working.
gollark: I needed a few for some projects and upgraded it to see how far it could go.
gollark: For the second one, because I started a relentlessly efficient furnace production line.
gollark: I don't know.
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