{"id":3715,"date":"2011-03-30T00:58:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T00:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/03\/30\/books-received-32911-pyr-edition-2\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T00:58:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T00:58:25","slug":"books-received-32911-pyr-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/03\/30\/books-received-32911-pyr-edition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 3\/29\/11 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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The Scar-Crow Men<\/span> (Swords of the Albion<\/span> Book 2)<\/a>
\nby Mark Chadbourn
\nCover by Chris McGrath<\/span><\/p>\n

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The year is 1593. The London of Elizabeth I is in the terrible grip of the Black Death. As thousands die from the plague and the queen hides behind the walls of her palace, English spies are being murdered across the city. The killer\u2019s next target: Will Swyfte.
\nFor Swyfte\u2013adventurer, rake, scholar, and spy\u2013this is the darkest time he has known. His mentor, the grand old spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham, is dead. The new head of the secret service is more concerned about his own advancement than defending the nation, and a rival faction at the court has established its own network of spies. Plots are everywhere, and no one can be trusted. Meanwhile, England\u2019s greatest enemy, the haunted Unseelie Court, prepares to make its move.<\/p>\n

A dark, bloody scheme, years in the making, is about to be realized. The endgame begins on the night of the first performance of Dr. Faustus, the new play by Swyfte\u2019s close friend and fellow spy Christopher Marlowe. A devil is conjured in the middle of the crowded theater, taking the form of Will Swyfte\u2019s long-lost love, Jenny\u2013and it has a horrifying message for him alone.<\/p>\n

That night Marlowe is murdered, and Swyfte embarks on a personal and brutal crusade for vengeance. Friendless, with enemies on every side and a devil at his back, the spy may find that even his vaunted skills are no match for the supernatural powers arrayed against him.<\/p>\n

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

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The unforgiving Northlands … <\/p>\n

In Othir, he was at the top of the food chain\u2014an assassin beyond compare, a dark shadow in the night. But Caim left that life behind when he helped an empress claim her throne. And now his past has come calling again. <\/p>\n

Searching for the truth behind the murder and disappearance of his parents, Caim discovers a land in thrall to the Shadow. Haunted by temptations from the Other Side, he becomes mired in a war he does not want to fight. <\/p>\n

But there are some things a son of the Shadow cannot ignore, and some fights from which he can\u2019t run. In this battle, all of Caim\u2019s strength and skill won\u2019t be enough. For none can resist the Shadow\u2019s Lure.<\/p>\n

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Black Halo<\/span> (The Aeons\u2019 Gate<\/span>, Book 2)<\/a>
\nby Sam Sykes
\nCover by Paul Young<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE TOME OF THE UNDERGATES HAS BEEN RECOVERED\u2026
\n\u2026and the gates of hell remain closed. Lenk and his five companions set sail to bring the accursed relic away from the demonic reach of Ulbecetonth, the Kraken Queen. But after weeks at sea, tensions amidst the adventurers are rising. Their troubles are only beginning when their ship crashes upon an island made of the bones left behind from a war long dead.<\/p>\n

And it appears that bloodthirsty alien warrior women, fanatical beasts from the deep, and heretic-hunting wizards are the least of their concerns. Haunted by their pasts, plagued by their gods, tormented by their own people, and gripped by madness personal and peculiar, their greatest foes may yet be themselves.<\/p>\n

The reach of Ulbecetonth is longer than hell can hold.<\/p>\n

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

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Boss, a loner, loved to dive into derelict spacecraft adrift in the blackness of space\u2026 <\/p>\n

But one day, she found a ship that would change everything\u2014an ancient Dignity Vessel\u2014and aboard the ship, the mysterious and dangerous Stealth Tech. Now, years after discovering that first ship, Boss has put together a large company that finds Dignity Vessels and finds \u201cloose\u201d Stealth Technology. <\/p>\n

Following a hunch, Boss and her team come to investigate the city of Vaycehn, where fourteen archeologists have died exploring the endless caves below the city. Mysterious \u201cdeath holes\u201d explode into the city itself for no apparent reason, and Boss believes Stealth Tech is involved. As Boss searches for the answer to the mystery of the death holes, she will uncover the answer to her Dignity Vessel quest as well\u2014and one more thing, something so important that it will change her life\u2014and the universe\u2014forever.<\/p>\n

Books received 3\/29\/11 Pyr edition<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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