In this collection, you will not encounter powerless women who cower in terror while the hero battles the monster or crosses swords with the villain, but warriors wielding swords, female assassins, "bad girls" living on the edge, seductive femme fatales, revolutionaries, haughty queens, and daring dragon riders.

From the depths of legend and history or from a post-apocalyptic future, from the world of science fiction, crime, fantasy, the protagonists of these stories reveal their strength, sometimes for good and sometimes for evil.

Among them, Queen Rhaenyra of House Targaryen from George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" series, in an unpublished novella.

Many renowned authors and others less known but equally talented contribute their thrilling stories that appear in this unique collection for the first time...