Maltese Falcon Society Maltese Falcon Society The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel "The Maltese Falcon," and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan. The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco on May 20, 1981 by literary historian and biographer
The Hound and the Falcon before the events of "The Hound and the Falcon". King Gwydion and Prince Aidan of the elf-kingdom Rhiyana, minor characters in "The Hound and the Falcon", are two of the main characters in the "Alamut series". The Hound and the Falcon The Hound and the Falcon is a fantasy book trilogy by Judith Tarr, containing the books The Isle of Glass (Bluejay, 1985), The Golden Horn (Bluejay, 1985), and The Hounds of God (Bluejay, 1986). The books tell the story of the elf Alf, who grew up as a monk in a monastery among humans, and how he meets love