The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars [Paperback]

Once upon a time there was a kingdom that lived in darkness, for the sun, the moon and the stars were hidden in a box, and that box was hidden in a sow's belly, and that sow was hidden in a troll's cave, and that cave was hidden at the end of the world.

Once upon a time there was a studio of artists who feared they were doomed to obscurity, for though they worked and they worked, no one was interested in the paintings that stood in racks along their studio walls.

Steven Brust's fantasy novelThe Sun, the Moon, and the Starsis a tale of two quests, of two young men who are reaching for the moon. And the sun. And the stars.

Steven Brust is a master stylist. Publishers Weekly

In a genre that's mostly done by the numbers, Steven Brush maintains a hipster charm and an originality of mind. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in a family of Hungarian labor organizers,Steven Brustworked as a musician and a computer programmer before coming to prominence as a writer withJhereg, the first of his novels about Vlad Taltos. He has written more than twenty novels in Taltoss Dragaeran Empire, including the spin-off series The Phoenix Guards and The Viscount of Adrilankha. Brusts other works includeTo Reign in Hell, a fantasy re-working of Milton's war in Heaven;The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, a contemporary fantasy based on Hungarian folktales; and the science fiction novel,Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille.