{"id":2205,"date":"2013-01-28T02:38:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2013-01-28T02:38:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:38:40","slug":"books-received-12713-del-rey-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/01\/28\/books-received-12713-del-rey-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 1\/27\/13 Del Rey edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"The<\/p>\n

The Best of All Possible Worlds<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Karen Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/strong>
\nKaren Lord\u2019s debut novel, the multiple-award-winning\u00a0Redemption in Indigo<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0announced the appearance of a major new talent\u2014a strong, brilliantly innovative voice fusing Caribbean storytelling traditions and speculative fiction with subversive wit and incisive intellect. Compared by critics to such heavyweights as Nalo Hopkinson, China Mi\u00e9ville, and Ursula K. Le Guin, Lord does indeed belong in such select company\u2014yet, like them, she boldly blazes her own trail.<\/p>\n

Now Lord returns with a second novel that exceeds the promise of her first.\u00a0The Best of All Possible Worlds\u00a0<\/i>is a stunning science fiction epic that is also a beautifully wrought, deeply moving love story.<\/p>\n

A proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression, and the survivors have no choice but to reach out to the indigenous humanoids of their adopted world, to whom they are distantly related. They wish to preserve their cherished way of life but come to discover that in order to preserve their culture, they may have to change it forever.<\/p>\n

Now a man and a woman from these two clashing societies must work together to save this vanishing race\u2014and end up uncovering ancient mysteries with far-reaching ramifications. As their mission hangs in the balance, this unlikely team\u2014one cool and cerebral, the other fiery and impulsive\u2014just may find in each other their own destinies . . . and a force that transcends all.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Daylight War<\/a>:
\nBook Three of The Demon Cycle<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Peter V. Brett<\/strong>
\n Cover by Larry Rostant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

With\u00a0The Warded Man<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Desert Spear<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0Peter V. Brett surged to the front rank of contemporary fantasy, standing alongside giants in the field such as George R. R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and Terry Brooks.\u00a0The Daylight War,<\/i>\u00a0the eagerly anticipated third volume in Brett\u2019s internationally bestselling Demon Cycle, continues the epic tale of humanity\u2019s last stand against an army of demons that rise each night to prey on mankind.<\/p>\n

On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all.<\/p>\n

Arlen Bales was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more\u2014the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe. Many would follow him, but Arlen\u2019s path threatens to lead to a dark place he alone can travel to, and from which there may be no returning.<\/p>\n

The only one with hope of keeping Arlen in the world of men, or joining him in his descent into the world of demons, is Renna Tanner, a fierce young woman in danger of losing herself to the power of demon magic.<\/p>\n

Ahmann Jardir has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army and proclaimed himself Shar\u2019Dama Ka, the Deliverer. He carries ancient weapons\u2014a spear and a crown\u2014that give credence to his claim, and already vast swaths of the green lands bow to his control.<\/p>\n

But Jardir did not come to power on his own. His rise was engineered by his First Wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose formidable demon bone magic gives her the ability to glimpse the future. Inevera\u2019s motives and past are shrouded in mystery, and even Jardir does not entirely trust her.<\/p>\n

Once Arlen and Jardir were as close as brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity\u2019s enemies rise, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all\u2014those lurking in the human heart.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Night of the Swarm<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Robert V.S. Redick
\nCover by Craig Howell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert V. S. Redick brings his acclaimed fantasy series The Chathrand Voyage to a triumphant close that merits comparison to the work of such masters as George R. R. Martin, Philip Pullman, and J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The evil sorcerer Arunis is dead, yet the danger has not ended. For as he fell, beheaded by the young warrior-woman Thasha Isiq, Arunis summoned the Swarm of Night, a demonic entity that feasts on death and grows like a plague. If the Swarm is not destroyed, the world of Alifros will become a vast graveyard. Now Thasha and her comrades\u2014the tarboy Pazel Pathkendle and the mysterious wizard Ramachni\u2014begin a quest that seems all but impossible. Yet there is hope: One person has the power to stand against the Swarm: the great mage Erithusm\u00e9. Long thought dead, Erithusm\u00e9 lives, buried deep in Thasha\u2019s soul. But for the mage to live again, Thasha Isiq may have to die.<\/p>\n

\"God<\/a><\/p>\n

God of War II<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Robert E. Vardeman
\nCover by Charlie Wen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the majesty and mayhem of Greek mythology springs to life once more in the powerful second novel based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed God of War\u00ae franchise.<\/b><\/p>\n

Once the mighty warrior Kratos was a slave to the gods, bound to do their savage bidding. After destroying Ares, the God of War, Kratos was granted his freedom by Zeus\u2014and even given the ousted god\u2019s throne on Olympus.<\/p>\n

But the other gods of the pantheon didn\u2019t take kindly to Kratos\u2019s ascension and, in turn, conspired against him. Banished, Kratos must ally himself with the despised Titans, ancient enemies of the Olympians, in order to take revenge and silence the nightmares that haunt him.<\/p>\n

God of War II<\/i>\u00a0takes the videogame\u2019s action to electrifying new heights, and adds ever more fascinating layers to the larger-than-life tale of Kratos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord Promo copy: Karen Lord\u2019s debut novel, the multiple-award-winning\u00a0Redemption in Indigo,\u00a0announced the appearance of a major new talent\u2014a strong, … 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-2205","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\t\n\t\n\t\n