This short fiction collection from PW Book of the Year author Harry Connolly combines reprints from magazines and anthologies along with new, previously unpublished fiction, including the TWENTY PALACES novelette “The Hand Made Mask.” Praise for Harry Connolly’s novels: “Harry Connolly’s vision is amazing." -- Charlaine Harris“[CHILD OF FIRE] is excellent reading and has a lot of things I love in a book: a truly dark and sinister world, delicious tension and suspense, violence so gritty you’ll get something in your eye just reading it, and a gorgeously flawed protagonist. Take this one to the checkout counter. Seriously.” -- Jim Butcher“An edge-of-the-seat read! Ray Lilly is the new high-water mark of paranormal noir.” -- Charles Stross, author of RULE 34THE GREAT WAY: Complex world, tight action, awesome women as well as men; Connelly was good right out the gate, and just keeps getting better. — Sherwood Smith"... one hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners, breathtaking holy moly of abook." -- C.E. Murphy"One of the few urban magic books — for lack of a better term — novels I enjoyed last year was Harry Connolly’s CHILD OF FIRE. And I loved it.” -- John Rogers, writer/producer LEVERAGETable of Contents:The One Thing You Can Never TrustBad Little Girls Die Horrible DeathsLord Of ReaversBeyond The GameDon’t Chew Your FoodHounds And MoonlightEating VenomCargo JohnnyThe Yellow MarkPreservationThe Home Made Mask