THE IRON DRAGON'S MOTHER

Caitlin of House Sans Merci is a young half-human pilot of sentient mechanical dragons. Returning from her first soul-stealing raid, she discovers an unwanted hitchhiker in her head—Helen, a denizen of our own world. Then her father dies and she's framed for the murder of her brother. What option does she have but to blow up her dragon, steal a motorcycle, and disappear into Industrialized Faerie, looking for the one person who can clear her??Caitlin's and Helen's quest takes them from a military base in Ultima Thule to the undersea city of Ys, encountering ogres, crones, locomotive-spirits, and tricksters from all strata of society along the way. Their deeds will change their world forever. But, as they will learn, there are some questions that only the Goddess can answer.?The Iron Dragon's Mother is both a stand-alone novel and the long-awaited conclusion to the classic fantasy trilogy begun by The Iron Dragon's Daughter and continued in The Dragons of Babel. Thematically, it explores lies, death, storytelling, and mothers—and why we can't live without them.

Michael Swanwick is one of the most acclaimed science-fiction and fantasy short-story writers of his generation, having received an unprecedented five consecutive Hugo Awards. He has also won the Theodore Sturgeon and World Fantasy awards. His short fiction has appeared in many venues, including OMNI, Penthouse, Amazing, Asimov's Science Fiction, New Dimensions, and Full Spectrum, and his work has been translated into more than ten languages.