{"id":3568,"date":"2012-02-02T03:51:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/02\/02\/books-received-2112-pyr-edition-2\/"},"modified":"2012-02-02T03:51:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:51:38","slug":"books-received-2112-pyr-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/02\/02\/books-received-2112-pyr-edition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 2\/1\/12 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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Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon<\/span><\/a>
\nby Mark Hodder
\nCover by Jon Sullivan<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award 2010<\/p>\n

AFRICA, 1863.<\/p>\n

SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON
\nAN EXPLORER, A LINGUIST, A SCHOLAR, AND THE KING\u2019S AGENT OR IS HE A PUPPET BEING MANIPULATED BY FORCES HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND?<\/p>\n

A RACE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE NILE!<\/p>\n

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
\nA FAMOUS YOUNG FLAME-HAIRED POET, THRILL-SEEKER, AND FOLLOWER OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE. FOR HIM PAIN IS PLEASURE, AND BRANDY IS RUIN!<\/p>\n

BACK TO WHERE THE ADVENTURE BEGAN!
\nIt is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildly off course, and moves are being made that will lead to a devastating world war. Prime Minister Lord Palmerston believes that by possessing the three Eyes of Naga he\u2019ll be able to manipulate events and avoid the war. He already has two of the stones, but he needs Sir Richard Francis Burton to recover the third. For the king\u2019s agent, it\u2019s a chance to return to the Mountains of the Moon to make a second attempt at locating the source of the Nile. But a rival expedition led by John Hanning Speke stands in his way, threatening a confrontation that could ignite the very war that Palmerston is trying to avoid!<\/p>\n

Caught in a tangled web of cause, effect, and inevitability, little does Burton realize that the stakes are far higher than even he suspects.<\/p>\n

A final confrontation comes in London, where, in the year 1840, Burton must face the man responsible for altering time\u2014Spring Heeled Jack!<\/p>\n

Burton and Swinburne\u2019s third adventure completes the three-volume story arc begun in The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack<\/span><\/a> and The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shadow\u2019s Master<\/span><\/a>
\nby Jon Sprunk
\nCover by Michael Komarck<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE NORTHERN WASTES\u2026
\nA land of death and shadow where only the strongest survive. Yet that is where Caim must go to follow the mystery at the heart of his life. Armed only with his knives and his companions, he plunges into a world of eternal night where the sun is never seen and every hand is turned against him.<\/p>\n

Caim has buried his father\u2019s sword and found some measure of peace, but deep in the north an unfathomable power lies waiting. To succeed on this mission, Caim will have to do more than just survive. He must face the Shadow\u2019s Master.<\/p>\n

With this novel, Jon Sprunk brings his action-packed trilogy to an epic conclusion.<\/p>\n

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Lance of Earth and Sky (The Chaos Knight, Book Two)<\/span><\/a>
\nby Erin Hoffman
\nCover by Dehong He<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the sequel to Sword of Fire and Sea<\/span><\/a>, Vidarian Rulorat faces the consequences of opening the gate between worlds. elemental magic is awakening across the planet after centuries of dormancy, bringing with it magically-powered wonders including flying ships and ancient automata; empires leap into war over long disputed territory as their technologies shift; the spirit of his oldest friend, Ruby\u2014killed in the immediate aftermath of the gate\u2019s opening\u2014is trapped inside one of the gems used to open the gate; and Ariadel, his one great love, isn\u2019t speaking to him. Called into service by the desperate young emperor of Alorea, Vidarian must lead sky ships in a war against the neighboring southern empire, train the demoralized imperial Sky Knights to ride beasts that now shapeshift, master his own amplified elemental magic, and win back Ariadel\u2014all without losing his mind. <\/p>\n

Compounding his task is a political minefield laid by the Alorean Import Company, which may or may not be fomenting war across the planet, and a shapeshifter that bonds to Vidarian during his early attempts to subdue the rogue bird-like seridi\u2014a wolf pup that will prove to be the fabled bridge between sky and earth magics, an electricity elemental that takes the shape of a dragon upon maturity: the lance of earth and sky.<\/p>\n

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Boneyards<\/span><\/a>
\nby Kristine Kathryn Rusch
\nCover by Dave Seeley<\/span><\/p>\n

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When multiple Hugo Award winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch decided to put her stamp on classic space opera, readers wanted more. Now Rusch\u2019s popular character Boss returns in a whole new adventure, one that takes her far outside her comfort zone, to a sector of space she\u2019s never seen before.<\/p>\n

Searching for ancient technology to help her friends find answers to the mystery of their own past, Boss ventures into a place filled with evidence of an ancient space battle, one the Dignity Vessels lost.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Enterran Empire keeps accidentally killing its scientists in a quest for ancient stealth tech. Boss\u2019s most difficult friend, Squishy, has had enough. She sneaks into the Empire and destroys its primary stealth tech research base. But an old lover thwarts her escape, and now Squishy needs Boss\u2019s help.<\/p>\n

Boss, who is a fugitive in the Empire. Boss, who knows how to make a Dignity Vessel work. Boss, who knows that Dignity Vessels house the very technology that the Empire is searching for.<\/p>\n

Should Boss take a Dignity Vessel to rescue Squishy and risk losing everything to the Empire? Or should Boss continue on her mission for her other friends and let Squishy suffer her own fate?<\/p>\n

Filled with battles old and new, scientific dilemmas, and questions about the ethics of friendship, Boneyards looks at the influence of our past on our present and the risks we all take when we meddle in other people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Boneyards is space opera the way it was meant to be: exciting, fast moving, and filled with passion.<\/p>\n

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Burning Man (Kingdom of the Serpent, Book 2)<\/span><\/a>
\nby Mark Chadbourn
\nCover by John Picacio<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a long journey across the ages, Jack Churchill has returned to the modern world, only to find it in the grip of a terrible, dark force. The population is unaware, mesmerized by the Mundane Spell that keeps them in thrall. With a small group of trusted allies, Jack sets out to find the two “keys” that can shatter the spell. <\/p>\n

But the keys are people\u2014one with the power of creation, one the power of destruction\u2014and they are hidden somewhere among the world\u2019s billions. <\/p>\n

As the search fans out across the globe, ancient powers begin to stir. In the bleak North, in Egypt, in Greece, in all the Great Dominions, the old gods are returning to stake their claim. The odds appear insurmountable, the need desperate\u2026 This is a time for heroes.<\/p>\n

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