{"id":2009,"date":"2012-11-15T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2012-11-15T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T17:07:34","slug":"books-received-111512-pyr-edition-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/11\/15\/books-received-111512-pyr-edition-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Received 11\/15\/12 Pyr edition Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/161614632X\/ref=sib_dp_kd#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515YmQ6E4jL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" alt=\"Reaper (Lightbringer)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reaper-Lightbringer-K-D-Mcentire\/dp\/161614632X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352998520&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=978161614632\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Reaper<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by K. D. McEntire<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cover by Sam Weber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reaper is set in a world a breath away from our own. After the death of her mother, Wendy is attempting to fill her mother&#8217;s shoes and discovering that the prospect is far more difficult than she ever imagined. Learning that she is part of a powerful and ancient family of Reapers that her mother had forsaken is just the first surprise\u2014Wendy soon discovers that the San Francisco Bay Never is filled with political powers and factions both previously unknown and completely mysterious to Wendy. Since both her mother and Piotr are gone, Wendy must struggle to maneuver between the machinations of the dead and the dark intentions of her living Reaper family.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually betrayed and made sick unto death, the clock is ticking before Wendy will fall\u2014she has only a matter of days to unravel the mysteries her mother left behind and to convince her wary family to accept her as one of their own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51o%2BiiLh5tL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"The Steam Mole\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Steam-Mole-Dave-Freer\/dp\/1616146923\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352998749&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9781616146924\" target=\"_blank\">The Steam Mole<\/a><\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Dave Freer<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cover by Paul Young<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Steampunk adventure with an environmental point<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Barnabas is a submariner from the Cuttlefish, a coal-fired submarine. Clara Calland is the daughter of a scientist who carries a secret formula that threatens British Imperial power. After a daring chase across the globe, they have brought the secret to Westralia. Here, much of Australia is simply too hot to be habitable by day. People are nocturnal, living underground and working outside at night. To cross the deserts they use burrowing machines known as &#8220;steam moles.&#8221; With the Cuttlefish out of action, her crew take jobs on these submarine-like craft.<\/p>\n<p>Duke Malcolm, of the Imperial Security Service, transports Clara&#8217;s rebel father to a prison in Eastern Australia, hoping to bait her into attempting a rescue. Clara looks to Tim for help, only to find he has fled from a racist incident into the desert. She takes a steam mole in search of him. The two head to Eastern Australia, where they discover an invading force with plans to take Westralia. Forced to survive in the desert, they encounter the intolerance meted out to the aboriginal people. Can they save Westralia from falling\u00a0under British rule? And should they?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/161614680X\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51pez5JMxgL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" alt=\"London Eye (Toxic City Book One)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/London-Eye-Toxic-City-Book\/dp\/161614680X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352998930&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9781616146801\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>London Eye (Toxic City Book One)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Tim Lebbon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cover by Steve Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Hunger Games<\/em> meets the X-Men in an exciting postapocalyptic debut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two years after London is struck by a devastating terrorist attack, it is cut off from the world, protected by a military force known as Choppers. The rest of Britain believes that the city is now a toxic, uninhabited wasteland.<\/p>\n<p>But Jack and his friends\u2014some of whom lost family on what has become known as Doomsday\u2014know that the reality is very different. At great risk, they have been gathering evidence about what is really happening in London\u2014and it is incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Because the handful of London&#8217;s survivors are changing. Developing strange, fantastic powers. Evolving.<\/p>\n<p>Upon discovering that his mother is still alive inside London, Jack, his sister, and their three friends sneak into a city in ruins. Vast swathes have been bombed flat. Choppers cruise the streets, looking for survivors to experiment upon. The toxic city is filled with wonders and dangers that will challenge Jack and his friends&#8230; and perhaps kill them. But Jack knows that the truth must be revealed to the outside world or every survivor will die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Reaper by K. D. McEntire Cover by Sam Weber &nbsp; Promo copy: Reaper is set in a world a breath away from our own. After the death &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/11\/15\/books-received-111512-pyr-edition-part-ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/11\/15\/books-received-111512-pyr-edition-part-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Books Received 11\/15\/12 Pyr edition Part II - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. 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