Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as 'spoiling cats.' When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories. Since 1987 she has published over 45 books and more than 150 short stories. Her newest series is the Lord Thomas Kinago books, beginning with View from the Imperium, a humorous military SF novel.

Jody lives in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta, with her husband Bill Fawcett, a writer, game designer, military historian and book packager, and a black cat, Jeremy. Check out her websites at www.jodynye.com and mythadventures.net. She is on Facebook as Jody Lynn Nye and Twitter/X @JodyLynnNye.

Jody wrote eight books with the late Robert Lynn Asprin, License Invoked, a contemporary fantasy set in New Orleans, and seven set in Asprin's Myth Adventures universe: Myth-Told Tales (anthology), Myth Alliances, Myth-Taken Identity, Class Dis-Mythed, Myth-Gotten Gains, Myth Chief, and Myth-Fortunes. Since Asprin's passing, she has published Myth-Quoted, Dragons Deal and Dragons Run (Ace Books), third and fourth in Asprin's Dragons series.

Daring by Jody Lynn Nye

Daring is a collection of fantasy and science fiction stories from New York Times bestselling author Jody Lynn Nye. Each story is a small world of its own, ranging from flat-out farce featuring self-rescuing princesses in "Don't Break the Chain," to the fears of young mutants being deported from Earth on a faulty spaceship, in "Rite of Passage," to "Mything in Dreamland," featuring Skeeve and Aahz from Robert Asprin's beloved Myth-Adventures. Teen readers will be able to see themselves in the young heroes who pull themselves out of hopeless situations again and again, through humor, drama and adventure.

CURATOR'S NOTE

I am honored that New York Times bestselling author Jody Lynn Nye assembled this collection of fantastic short stories to debut in this bundle. Ranging from a humorous vampire story to King Arthur on the battlefield to young princesses rescuing a prince, this collection features an entertaining group of young adult protagonists. – Allyson Longueira

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

From "The Stuff of Legends"

"I've done no harm! Put me down!"

Duffy paid no attention to the kender's protests. He'd been interrupted in the middle of hearing his favorite legend — just as they were getting to the battle. The pleasant rapture of imagination was broken, as thoroughly as if he'd had a bucket of water dashed in his face. At the very least, Duffy wanted the source of his discomfiture out and gone. One of the other patrons of the pub opened the door for them, and he carried the kicking kender out into the moonlit night.

"The road's that way," Duffy started to say. "The r—"

He swallowed and tried again.

"The r—"

"That's a dragon, isn't it?" the kender asked brightly, swinging from his right hand. "My, a well-grown specimen it is too. Its tail goes clear around the building and comes back again. I didn't know dragons slept like that, did you? Oof!"

Duffy dropped the gnome-creature on the ground and scrambled back into the pub.

"There's a dragon out there!" he bawled.