{"id":588,"date":"2009-04-03T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/04\/03\/books-received-4309-del-rey-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:28","slug":"books-received-4309-del-rey-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/04\/03\/books-received-4309-del-rey-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 4\/3\/09 Del Rey edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NSzWBFGKL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wolverine-1-Prodigal-Antony-Johnston\/dp\/0345505166\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1238795500&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Wolverine 1: Prodigal Son<\/span><\/a> by Antony Johnston (story) and Wilson Tortosa (art)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The gripping, all-new adventure of the x-men&#8217;s greatest icon, completely reimagined in the Manga style<\/p>\n<p>This is not the Wolverine you know.<\/p>\n<p>Logan is a teenage rebel with a real good reason for having a real bad attitude. Ever since being left in a nearby forest\u2013with no memory of who he was or how he got there\u2013Logan (or Wolverine, as his classmates sometimes call him) has been stuck in a martial arts school in the icy wilds of Canada. No wonder he\u2019s bored, restless, yearning. There\u2019s a whole world out there, and Logan can almost taste it. But he\u2019s chained to a past he can\u2019t remember and can\u2019t escape. Now it just may destroy his future.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51IM1FYosiL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Omen-Star-Wars-Fate-Jedi\/dp\/0345509129\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1238795221&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Omen (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 2)<\/span><\/a> by Christie Golden<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0345503856\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QdjV1Dx8L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Betrayal-Pati-Nagle\/dp\/0345503856\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1238796097&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Betrayal<\/span><\/a> by Pati Nagle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The noble and magical aelven were riven by war when a rogue clan embraced a forbidden source of magic: the drinking of blood. In the bitter fighting that ensued, the vampiric Clan Darkshore were cast out of the aelven and driven across the Ebon Mountains. Stripped of their various clan colors, they were thenceforth known only as \u201calben,\u201d hated and shunned. An uneasy peace now holds over the land, but it is whispered that Shal\u00e1r, the beautiful and bloodthirsty queen of the alben, is readying a surprise attack to win back all that was lost\u2013and none can say where or when she will strike.<\/p>\n<p>The fate of the clans will depend on two young aelven lovers, Eliani and Turisan, who are blessed with a legendary gift: the fabled power of mindspeech. But this ability comes with great risks. Time is running out as the alben mount their attack\u2013and their ultimate betrayal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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