A mysterious girl in the royal extended family, some say a demon because of disturbing markings around her eyes, is banished from the palace. A very young prince discovers her living in the gardens on the kindness of servants.
Like all princes, even ones that don’t reach the waist of their eldest sister, he wants to save her. But the only way to remove the demon’s markings from her eyes is for her to tell, bit by bit, the stories written upon them.
Thus begins The Orphan’s Tales, a well-woven tapestry of fairytales-within-fairytales in the world of Ajanabh, both like and unlike its inspiration, The Arabian Nights.
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To boldly go where none have gone before.
To explore new worlds and encounter new civilizations.
To war, love, hate, seek justice and make peace in the depths of space and on the fringes of time.
Also, there is a hamster.
These are the stories of Federations, edited by John Joseph Adams and written by 23 writers.
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