Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: A selection of the finest in science fiction-Black-cloaked Sarah Canary is the ugliest woman Chin Ah Kin could ever imagine.But after she wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin is ordered by his uncle to escort her away.Far away. What should be simple journey quickly escalates beyond Chin's control, into a series of adventures and misadventures that are at once hilarious, deeply moving, and downright terrifying.Who - or what - is the mysterious Sarah Canary? And why can't Chin leave her, even for his own good?Co-founder of the James Tiptree Jr.