A review by megmcardle
The Steel Seraglio by Louise Carey, Mike Carey, Linda Carey

5.0

What could have been an Arabian Nights pastiche ended up being an utterly immersive tale told in linked stories about a harem of women who escape certain death and become warriors to take back their desert city. This should be read by far more people than will probably discover it, but give this feminine fable a chance. It reminded me weirdly of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber that I devoured in my youth, but with kick-ass women.