miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2013

The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells now available in ebook

The Death of the Necromancer, a wonderful novel by Martha Wells is now available in ebook. You can get it from the usual retailers (Amazon US, Amazon ES, Kobo, Barnes and Noble...) for about $3.00 and DRM-free. If you haven't read it, this a perfect time to give it a try. I highly recommend it.

This is the synopsis of the novel:
First published in hardcover by Avon Eos in 1998, and was a nominee for the 1998 Nebula Award.

Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts of vengeance, he is consoled only by thoughts of the beautiful, dangerous Madeline. He is also the greatest thief in all of Ile-Rien. Under cover of darkness on the streets of the gaslit city, he assumes the guise of a master criminal, stealing jewels from wealthy nobles to finance his quest for vengeance: the murder of Count Montesq. Montesq orchestrated the wrongful execution of Nicholas's beloved godfather Edouard on false charges of necromancy, the art of divination through communion with spirits of the dead, a practice long outlawed in the kingdom of Ile-Rien.

But now Nicholas's murderous mission is being interrupted by a series of eerie, unexplainable, fatal events. Someone with tremendous magical powers is opposing him, and traces of a necromantic power that hasn't been used for centuries appear. And when a spiritualist unwittingly leads Nicholas to a decrepit old house, the truly monstrous nature of his peril finally emerges.

3 comentarios:

  1. Es verdad, este libro estaba muy bien. Y el del Fuego elemental, también tengo un buen recuerdo.

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  2. Lo leí hace tiempo en la edición de Bibliópolis y me dejó muy buen sabor de boca. Tengo El fuego elemental y algún otro libro de Martha Wells (incluyendo uno situado también en Ile-Rien) en la pila. A ver si les llega el turno.

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  3. Bookgazing pointed my attention to this post. I think I must read this book (given the title of my blog, Necromancy Never Pays)!

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