{"id":3513,"date":"2012-07-30T00:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T00:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-ii-2\/"},"modified":"2012-07-30T00:40:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T00:40:06","slug":"books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-ii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-ii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 7\/29\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/1616146133\/ref=sib_dp_kd#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51mlDX-pqHL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Night-Sessions-Ken-MacLeod\/dp\/1616146133\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343607882&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=9781616146139\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Sessions<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Ken Macleod<br \/>\nCover by Stephan Martiniere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A bishop is dead. As Detective Inspector Adam Ferguson picks through the rubble of the tiny church, he discovers that it was deliberately bombed. That it\u2019s a terrorist act is soon beyond doubt. It\u2019s been a long time since anyone saw anything like this. Terrorism is history\u2026.After the Middle East wars and the rising sea levels\u2014after Armageddon and the Flood\u2014came the Great Rejection. The first Enlightenment separated church from state. The Second Enlightenment has separated religion from politics. In this enlightened age there\u2019s no persecution, but the millions who still believe and worship are a marginal and mistrusted minority. Now someone is killing them. At first, suspicion falls on atheists more militant than the secular authorities. But when the target list expands to include the godless, it becomes evident that something very old has risen from the ashes. Old and very, very dangerous\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51HCA6pSToL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kingmakers-Vampire-Empire-Book\/dp\/1616146745\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343608279&amp;amp;sr=1-4&amp;amp;keywords=griffith+vampire+empire\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Kingmakers (Vampire Empire, Book 3)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Clay Griffith &amp;amp; Susan Griffith<br \/>\nCover by Chris McGrath<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Concludes the popular, genre-crossing, epic trilogy of a war between vampires and humans<br \/>\nA war to the death.<\/p>\n<p>Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down, battered by harsh weather and merciless attacks from vampire packs.<\/p>\n<p>To even the odds, Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy, a fear- some weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However, the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>As the war turns ever bloodier and Adele is threatened by betrayal, Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans\u2014Gareth\u2019s brother, Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar.<\/p>\n<p>The Vampire Empire trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honor and love, hatred and vengeance, sacrifice and loss.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51CsUONVuHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/London-Eye-Toxic-City-Book\/dp\/161614680X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343608579&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=9781616146801\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">London Eye (Toxic City Book One)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Tim Lebbon<br \/>\nCover by Steve Stone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=3234\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Part I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-ii\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Books received 7\/29\/12 Pyr edition Part II<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. 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