Commissioned by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three volume paperback set. This third volume features an original short story by Joe Abercrombie. 'Some Desperado' centres on Shy South, the protagonist of Abercrombie's novel Red Country. Having robbed a bank, Shy is carrying 2,000 silver pieces and she's on the run when her horse catches an arrow. Marooned in a dusty ghost town, she faces up to a trio of murderous, flea-bitten criminals
