Author: Alan Campbell
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553905023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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In this stunning follow-up to his epic fantasy debut, Alan Campbell propels readers into a captivating city battling for its own survival—and that of humankind—in a world of deities and demons, fallen angels and killers. After a destructive battle, the ancient swaying city of Deepgate has been overtaken. Most of the chains that suspend it have given way, toxic fumes are emanating from blazing structures, and the temple once inhabited by the ruling Presbyter now dangles upside down above the once-uncharted abyss. The victorious Spine have initiated martial law and are ruthlessly pursuing all who attempt to leave. Amid the turmoil, two captives are returned. Arriving by ship are the young angel Dill, now toughened by war, and traitor assassin Rachel Hael. Incarcerated in the slowly crumbling temple, the two await their fate, while from the abyss beneath them ghosts rise—for the death of the god Ulcis has left open the gates to Hell. But on orders from his divine brethren, Cospinol, the god of brine and fog, is traveling the world to Deepgate to seal this breach. His great skyship is being dragged through the air by the giant John Anchor, a monster of a man enslaved to pull the god’s vessel, moving slowly, inevitably, toward the city. As the city waits, teetering on the brink, myriad plans for vengeance are set in motion, from the continent of Pandemeria to Heaven itself. Among them is a ghostly archon sent to deliver a message to the gods on earth—using Dill as his vessel. Thrust from his body, Dill’s own soul returns to Hell. When Dill and Rachel are attacked by Spine assassins, Rachel has no choice but to try to escape with the creature that calls itself Dill…and to somehow find a way to restore her friend’s soul before it’s too late. For powerful forces are stirring, and in the coming battle between gods, it is the world of men that is at stake.
Author: John Morressy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872166899
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Author: Alan Campbell
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553589318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge—or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest. . . . The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle-archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has become a figurehead for a dying tradition. Now he lives a sheltered existence in one of Deepgate’s crumbling temple spires under the watchful eye of the Presbyter who rules the city. Spine assassin Rachel Hael has better things to do than oversee the Presbyter’s angel. Each dark moon she must fight for her life among the city chains, hunting an immortal predator with a taste for blood. But when a traitor brings enemies to Deepgate’s doorstep, Dill and Rachel are forced into an uneasy alliance with the city’s oldest and most dangerous foe. They must journey down into the uncharted chasm to save their sprawling metropolis—and themselves—from annihilation. Once they descend however, they learn that what lies below is far more sinister than what they’ve been taught to expect.
Author: Nicholas C. Prata
Publisher: Arx Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1889758566
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The year is A.D. 1565 and the tiny island fortress of Malta, defended by an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, is all that stands between the war machine of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and the very heart of Christendom. Pitifully outmatched and against impossible odds, the indomitable Grand Master Jean Parisot de La Valette nevertheless inspires his knights to "strike a blow for Christ" and sacrifice their lives to halt the invading Turks at the gates of Europe. Nicholas Prata relates the actual events of the Great Siege in riveting and graphic prose which brings the extreme heroism of the knights and the horror of combat sharply into focus.
Author: David Fulmer
Publisher: Bang Bang Lulu Editions
ISBN: 0988610558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
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The siren call of Storyville... New Orleans, 1914. No one cares much when a street whore is the victim of a bloody murder. Nor when a woman in a crib on the dirty back end of the red light district is found slain. But then a third ravaged body turns up in a house along one of the better streets, and an ailing Tom Anderson, the "King of Storyville," reaches out to Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr, who has left the scarlet streets behind. Against his own instincts and his wife Justine's wishes, Valentin heads back onto his old turf and into the investigation that propels The Iron Angel, the fifth novel in the award-winning series by David Fulmer. "Fulmer is both a fine plotter and a marvelously evocative writer, with an eye for character." - The Washington Post
Author: John Morressy
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441301997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: Charles Houston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Author: John Morressy
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441811915
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Author: Katherine Addison
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765387417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy novel of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming. This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting. In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent. Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Theresa Scott
Publisher: Theresa Scott
ISBN: 145240139X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Life on the Western Frontier in 1866 is dangerous when you're a beautiful woman... Alone and pregnant, Amberson Hawley believes the man she loves died in the War. When a wealthy man begs for her hand, she accepts, not knowing his true character. Justin Harbinger fulfills his vow to return to the woman he loves. But when he finds her married and with a baby in her arms, he wants nothing to do with her or her disloyal ways. Running from a faithless marriage, can Amberson find true love with Justin again, or will he leave her to fight the harsh ways of the wild west alone?
