{"id":142,"date":"2011-08-13T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/08\/13\/books-received-81311-pyr-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:27","slug":"books-received-81311-pyr-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/08\/13\/books-received-81311-pyr-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 8\/13\/11 Pyr edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n

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Fenrir<\/span><\/a>
\nby M. D. Lachlan
\nCover by Paul Young<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Vikings are laying siege to Paris. As the houses on the banks of the Seine burn a debate rages in the Cathedral on the walled island of the city proper. The situation is hopeless. The Vikings want the Count’s sister, in return they will spare the rest of the city. Can the Count really have ambitions to be Emperor of the Franks if he doesn’t do everything he can to save his people? Can he call himself a man if he doesn’t do everything he can to save his sister? His conscience demands one thing, the demands of state another. The Count and the church are relying on the living saint, the blind and crippled Jehan of St Germain, to enlist the aid of God and resolve the situation for them. But the Vikings have their own gods. And outside their camp a terrifying brother and sister, priests of Odin, have their own agenda. An agenda of darkness and madness. And in the shadows a wolfman lurks. M.D. Lachlan’s stunning epic of mad Gods, Vikings and the myth of Fenrir, the wolf destined to kill Odin at Ragnarok, powers forward into new territories of bloody horror, unlikely heroism, dangerous religion and breathtaking action.<\/p>\n

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Down to the Bone (Quantum Gravity, Book 5)<\/span><\/a>
\nby Justina Robson
\nCover by Larry Rostant<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lila Black faces her greatest challenge yet as she takes herself, her dead lover, and the AI
\nin her head into death’s realm …
\nLila Black is now a shape-shifting machine plugged into the Signal\u2014the total dataset of all events in the known universe and all potential events: Zal, the elf rock star with a demon soul, is now a shadow form animated and given material actualization by firelight; Teazle the demon has taken up the swords of Death and is on the way to becoming an angel. To say this puts some pressure on their three-way marriage is an understatement.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the human world is seeing an inexplicable influx of the returning dead, and they’re not the only ones. Many old evils are returning to haunt the living following three harbingers of destruction created in the ancient past.<\/p>\n

What seems epic is revealed as personal to all concerned as events unfold and that which cannot be escaped must be faced. Heroic destinies unravel as greater powers reveal themselves the true masters of the game.<\/p>\n

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The Rift Walker (Vampire Empire, Book 2)<\/span><\/a>
\nby Clay Griffith &amp; Susan Griffith
\nCover by Chris McGrath<\/span><\/p>\n

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Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance’s horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people as well as her vengeful husband, senator Clark. With the human alliance in disarrray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria.
\nAs Adele labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the enemy of mankind, and if Princess Adele could ever bring this power under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory will also cost the life of Adele’s beloved Greyfriar.<\/p>\n

The Rift Walker<\/span> is the second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternative history. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire series brings epic politcal themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.<\/p>\n

Got this interesting news from Pyr:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actor James Marsters\u2014best known for his iconic role as \u201cSpike\u201d in Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/span> and Angel<\/span> and familiar to genre fans for his roles in Torchwood<\/span> and Smallville<\/span>, among others\u2014has signed on to narrate the Vampire Empire<\/span> trilogy for the unabridged audio books being produced by Buzzy Multimedia for release in spring 2012.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Mirror Maze<\/span><\/a>
\nby Michaele Jordan
\nCover by Cynthia Sheppard<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jacob Aldridge is still utterly devastated by the death of his fianc\u00e9e when he suddenly encounters her doppelganger. Livia Aram\u2019s uncanny resemblance to the late Rhoda Carothers so transcends coincidence that Jacob becomes obsessed with her. The intensity of his passion terrifies her until her compassion is roused by his desperate plight. A demon is stalking him, a succubus-like entity that feeds on human pain and desire. With the help of Jacob\u2019s sister, Cecily, and Livia\u2019s guardian, the mysterious Dr. Chang, they overcome the demon. Or so it appears. . . .<\/p>\n

Jacob, Liva, and Cecily are all victims of a single curse, a curse which entrapped and destroyed their parents before them. Now fate has drawn their descendants together again, and the curse is playing out. Nothing can help them, until Cecily\u2019s husband returns from abroad. Colonel Beckford has been missing for years; he has seen strange things and acquired strange powers in his absence. Now he will do whatever it takes to free his wife and eliminate the demon and its curse once and for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Fenrir by M. D. Lachlan Cover by Paul Young Promo copy: The Vikings are laying siege to Paris. As the houses on the banks of the Seine … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n