<P>&#147;One of the most important writers in 21st-Century fantasy.&#148;<BR>&#151;<EM>Contra Costa Times</EM></P> <P>&#147;Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers&#133;always fresh, entertaining, and completely engrossing.&#148;<BR>&#151;<EM>New York Times</EM> bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson</P> <P><EM>The Inheritance &#38; Other Stories</EM> is a marvelous new collection of short fiction from <EM>New York Times</EM> bestselling master storyteller Robin Hobb&#151;including tales written under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm, by which the acclaimed fantasist first began her illustrious writing career. Included in this essential volume are Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short masterworks, as well as brand new tales and the never before published in the U.S. title story&#151;a unique compendium of wonders displaying the breathtaking skill, imagination, and remarkably varied styles of both alter egos.<BR></P>