Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty

Avram Davidson · Grania Davis

Oct 2012 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Ten years in the service of Kublai Kahn...Marco, Niccolo, and Maffeo Polo have seen magic and miracles, and accumulated riches beyond their dreaming. But now all they want is to return to their beloved Venice. Alas - as the only Westerners in the glittering Mongol court, they are high favourites with the Khan of Khans. And before he will allow them to leave, they must undertake one strange, final quest.

Kublai is beginning to suffer the ravages of old age. Tales have reached him of a mysterious princess who sleeps forever, yet remains forever young, unaging...Surely she has the secret of immortality.

Bring me the princess, he tells the Polos, and you are free!

About the author

Avram Davidson (1923 - 1993)

Avram Davidson was born in New York in 1923 and was active in SF fandom from his teens. He is remembered as a writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction and crime fiction, as well as many stories that defy easy categorisation. Among his SF and Fantasy awards are a Hugo, three World Fantasy Awards and a World Fantasy Life Achievement award; he also won a Queen's Award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Although best known for his writing, Davidson also edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. He died in 1993.




Grania Davis (1943 -)

Grania Davis, born in 1943, grew up in both Milwaukee and Hollywood, California. She is both an author and editor of science fiction and fantasy, as well as being the primary editor of the posthumous work of Avram Davidson, to whom she was married. Her short stories have appeared in numerous science fiction magazines, original anthologies, and 'best of' collections.