All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in DANGEROUS WOMEN include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors" bestselling continuities - including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden"s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of THE MAGICIANS, and a 35,000-word novella by George R.R.Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A GAME OF THRONES. Also included are original stories of dangerous women - heroines and villains alike - by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherilynn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S.M.Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.