The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age

Edited by Noreen Doyle and Harry Turtledove.

The Bronze Age. The era of Troy, of Gilgamesh, of the dawning of human mastery over the earth. For decades, fantasists have set tales of heroism and adventure in imagined worlds based on the real Bronze Age, from the "Hyborean Age" of the Conan stories to the Third Age of Middle-earth.

Now bestselling SF and fantasy author Harry Turtledove, a noted expert on the ancient world, teams up with author and Egyptologist Noreen Doyle to present fourteen new tales of the real Bronze Age from some of the best writers in SF.

Contents:

• Gene Wolfe: "The Lost Pilgrim"
• Brenda Clough: "How the Bells Came from Yang to Hubei"
• Judy Tarr: "The God of Chariots"
• Harry Turtledove: "The Horse of Bronze"
• Josepha Sherman: "A Hero for the Gods"
• S. M. Stirling: "Blood Wolf"
• Noreen Doyle: "Ankhtifi the Brave is dying."
• Katharine Kerr & Debra Doyle: "The God Voice"
• Karen Jordan Allen: "Orqo Afloat on the Willkamayu"
• Larry Hammer: "The Myrmidons"
• Gregory Feeley: "Giliad"
• Laura Frankos: "The Sea Mother's Gift"
• Lois Tilton: "The Matter of the Ahhiyans"
• Poul Anderson: "The Bog Sword"