This collection of fantasy reveals the startling, impossible transformation that occurs when we struggle through the shards of our pasts. LACEY'S DEMON Though beaten and exhausted, Lacey is chosen by the High Vizier to carry out a deadly task to save her kingdom - and herself. HER FINEST TREATMENT A young doctor must deal with a war-thirsty militia - in more ways than one. PRISONER OF THE USURPERS A white knightress must destroy her kingdom's usurpers and discover the secret of the prisoners considered too dangerous to live, yet too valuable to kill. SHELLY'S SACRIFICE Shelly's most beautiful...