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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n The death of Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead in 2003 at his house in Wimpering-on-the-Brook, England, revealed an astonishing discovery: the remains of a remarkable cabinet of curiosities.<\/p>\n A carefully selected group of popular artists and acclaimed, bestselling fantasy authors has been assembled to bring Dr. Lambshead\u2019s cabinet of curiosities to life. Including contributions from Alan Moore, Lev Grossman, Mike Mignola, China Mi\u00e9ville, Cherie Priest, Carrie Vaughn, Greg Broadmore, Naomi Novik, Garth Nix, Michael Moorcock, Holly Black, Jeffrey Ford, Ted Chiang, and many more.<\/p>\n This is the amazing-looking follow up to The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases<\/span><\/a>. Eager to delve into this.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Steelhands<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n With Havemercy<\/span><\/a>, Shadow Magic<\/span><\/a>, and Dragon Soul<\/span><\/a>, the acclaimed writing team of Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett has fused magic and technology into something that can only be termed \u201cmagicpunk.\u201d Their distinctive style, featuring a chorus of quirky first-person narrators and brilliantly sophisticated world-building, has won these young writers the plaudits of fans and critics.<\/p>\n In the Volstov capital of Thremedon, Owen Adamo, the hard-as-nails ex\u2013Chief Sergeant of the Dragon Corps, learns that Volstov\u2019s ruler, the Esar, has been secretly pursuing the possibility of resurrecting magically powered sentient robot dragons\u2014even at the risk of igniting another war. That Adamo will not allow. Though he is not without friends\u2014Royston, a powerful magician, and Balfour, a former corpsman\u2014there is only so much Adamo and his allies can do. Adamo has been put out to pasture, given a professorship at the University. Royston, already exiled once, dares not risk the Esar\u2019s wrath a second time. And Balfour, who lost both hands in the climactic battle of the war, is now a diplomat who spends most of his time trying to master his new hands\u2014metal replacements that operate on the same magical principles as the dragons and have earned him an assortment of nicknames of which \u201cSteelhands\u201d is the least offensive.<\/p>\n But sometimes help comes where you least expect it. In this case, from two first-year university students freshly arrived in Thremedon from the country: Laurence, a feisty young woman whose father raised her to be the son he never had, and Toverre, her fianc\u00e9, a brilliant if neurotic dandy who would sooner share his wife-to-be\u2019s clothes than her bed. When a mysterious illness strikes the first-year students, Laurence takes her suspicions to Adamo\u2014and unwittingly sets in motion events that will change Volstov forever.<\/p>\n \n Ghosts of War<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n NEW YORK CITY IS BEING PLAGUED BY A PACK OF FEROCIOUS BRASS RAPTORS\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026strange, skeletonlike creations with batlike wings that swoop out of the sky, attacking people and carrying them away into the night. The Ghost has been tracking these bizarre machines, and is close to finding their origin: a deranged military scientist who is slowly rebuilding himself as a machine.<\/p>\n However, this scientist is not working alone, and his scheme involves more than a handful of abductions. He is part of a plot to escalate the cold war with Britain into a full-blown conflict, and he is building a weapon\u2014a weapon that will fracture dimensional space and allow the monstrous creatures that live on the other side to spill through. He and his coconspirators\u2014a cabal of senators and businessmen who seek to benefit from the war\u2014intend to harness these creatures and use them as a means to crush the British.<\/p>\n But the Ghost knows only too well how dangerous these creatures can be, and the threat they represent not just to Britain, but the world. The Ghost\u2019s efforts to put an end to the conspiracy bring him into an uneasy alliance with a male British spy, who is loose in Manhattan protecting the interests of his country. He also has the unlikely assistance of Ginny, a drunken ex-lover and sharpshooter, who walks back into his life, having disappeared six years earlier in mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n While suffering from increasingly lucid flashbacks to WWI, the Ghost is subjected to rooftop chases, a battle with a mechanized madman, and the constant threat of airborne predators, while the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Can he derail the conspiracy and prevent the war with the British from escalating beyond control?<\/p>\n Books received 7\/16\/11<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. The Thackery T. 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\nby Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
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