A review by ganglari
The Book of Swords by Robin Hobb, George R.R. Martin

3.0

As with all genre short-story collections (barring a very few exceptions) there’s a pretty big span in the quality of the stories. While none were *bad*, several were decidedly ho-hum, and very few stayed with me, and while interesting, George RR Martin’s story isn’t really a story, it’s more a section of history from Westeros. However, K.J. Parker’s “The Best Man Wins”, Scott Lynch’s “The Smoke of Gold is Glory”, and C.J. Cherryh’s alt-Beowulf sequel “Hrunting” were all excellent.