Master of the House of Darts (eBook)

Aliette de Bodard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
448 Seiten
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-62567-162-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The conclusion to the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy:
The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming.
The Mexica Empire now has a new Emperor, but his coronation war has just ended in a failure: the armies have retreated with a paltry forty prisoners of war, not near enough sacrifices to satisfy the gods. Acatl, High Priest for the Dead, has no desire to involve himself yet again in the intrigues of the powerful. However, when one of the prisoners dies of a magical illness, he has little choice but to investigate. For it is only one death, but it will not be the last.
As the bodies pile up and the imperial court tears itself apart, dragging Teomitl, Acatl's beloved student, into the eye of the storm, the High Priest for the Dead is going to have to choose whom he can afford to trust; and where, in the end, his loyalties ultimately lie...
REVIEWS:
'Like the previous books, the third in the Obsidian and Blood series abounds with suspects and red herrings. It's a twisty and colourful tale filled with strange gods who demand sacrifices and pain for the least favour.' —WarpCore SF
'I found this to be the best book of a very good series. The same positives from the first two books are still present, a very easy-to-read writing style (easy to read but not simple or dumbed down), a quick pace, and some incredible world building, incredible accessibility despite the lesser know pantheon and names. ...The ending involved several confrontations that were tense and believable, including some between people who are supposed to be allies… a great end to the series.' —Fantasy Review Barn
'Whether you take it as historical noir or as a highly accurate fantasy, it's hard not to enjoy the Obsidian and Blood books—it's a perfect fit for those looking for something different from their usual fare, but still exciting in ways they're used to.' —Guys Lit Wire
'The entirety of the Obsidian & Blood trilogy gets high marks… for creativity, execution, and gentle subversion. Not just recommended, but, to paraphrase Demi Moore in A Few Good Men, strenuously recommended.' —Two Dudes in an Attic

Autor

Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris, where she has a day job as a System Architect. She studied Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, but moonlights as a writer of speculative fiction. Aliette has won three Nebula Awards, a Locus Award, a British Fantasy Award and four British Science Fiction Association Awards, and was a double Hugo finalist (Best Series and Best Novella). Most recently she published Fireheart Tiger (Tor.com, Nebula Award finalist, British Science Fiction Association finalist), a sapphic romantic fantasy inspired by pre colonial Vietnam, where a diplomat princess must decide the fate of her country, and her own. She is the author of the Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war–which comprises The House of Shattered Wings (Roc/Gollancz, 2015 British Science Fiction Association Award, Locus Award finalist), The House of Binding Thorns (Ace/Gollancz, 2017 European Science Fiction Society Achievement Award, Locus award finalist), and The House of Sundering Flames. Her short story collection Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight is out from Subterranean Press. She is also the author of The Tea Master and the Detective (2018 Nebula Award winner, 2018 British Fantasy Award winner, 2019 Hugo Award finalist), a murder mystery set on a space station in a Vietnamese Galactic empire, inspired by the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson; and In the Vanishers' Palace, a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling, where they are both women and the Beast is a dragon. Visit her website www.aliettedebodard.com for free fiction (including further short stories set in the same universe as this one), Vietnamese and French recipes and more.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.1.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Obsidian and Blood
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: alternate history set in south america • aztec inspired fantasy • Murder Mystery • political mystery historical fantasy
• ISBN-10: 1-62567-162-8 / 1625671628
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62567-162-2 / 9781625671622