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Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton (2010, Hardcover)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-10034552084X

ISBN-139780345520845

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038279923

Product Key Features

Book TitleNights of Villjamur

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Crime, Fantasy / Epic

Publication Year2010

GenreFiction

AuthorMark Charan Newton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight23.2 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-009845

Reviews "A dark epic which shows its debt to Gormenghast: death stalks the shadows and scheming, idiosyncratic characters have their own agendas. This is fantasy with vast scope and ambition . . . a complex, eldritch vision." - The Guardian (U.K.) "A smart and accomplished debut, stylishly wrought, melding noir detective story with strange creatures . . . refreshingly deft storytelling." -Sci-Fi-London "A great book that takes old tropes and reimagines them into something new and memorable . . . an assured tale written with style, intelligence and skill." -SFF World "While the sun over Villjamur is dying, Mark Charan Newton's star as a writer is burning with a fierce talent." -Stephen Hunt, author of The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, "A dark epic which shows its debt to Gormenghast: death stalks the shadows and scheming, idiosyncratic characters have their own agendas. This is fantasy with vast scope and ambition . . . a complex, eldritch vision." - The Guardian (U.K.) "A smart and accomplished debut, stylishly wrought, melding noir detective story with strange creatures . . . refreshingly deft storytelling." -Sci-Fi-London "A great book that takes old tropes and reimagines them into something new and memorable . . . an assured tale written with style, intelligence and skill." -SFF World "While the sun over Villjamur is dying, Mark Charan Newton's star as a writer is burning with a fierce talent." -Stephen Hunt, author of The Kingdom Beyond the Waves From the Hardcover edition., "A dark epic which shows its debt to Gormenghast: death stalks the shadows and scheming, idiosyncratic characters have their own agendas. This is fantasy with vast scope and ambition . . . a complex, eldritch vision." -The Guardian(U.K.) "A smart and accomplished debut, stylishly wrought, melding noir detective story with strange creatures . . . refreshingly deft storytelling." -Sci-Fi-London "A great book that takes old tropes and reimagines them into something new and memorable . . . an assured tale written with style, intelligence and skill." -SFF World "While the sun over Villjamur is dying, Mark Charan Newton's star as a writer is burning with a fierce talent." -Stephen Hunt, author ofThe Kingdom Beyond the Waves

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SynopsisFollowing in the footsteps of writers like China Mi ville and Richard K. Morgan, Mark Charan Newton balances style and storytelling in this bold and brilliant debut. Nights of the Villjamur marks the beginning of a sweeping new fantasy epic. Beneath a dying red sun sits the proud and ancient city of Villjamur, capital of a mighty empire that now sits powerless against an encroaching ice age. As throngs of refugees gather outside the city gates, a fierce debate rages within the walls about the fate of these desperate souls. Then tragedy strikes-and the Emperor's elder daughter, Jamur Rika, is summoned to serve as queen. Joined by her younger sister, Jamur Eir, the queen comes to sympathize with the hardships of the common people, thanks in part to her dashing teacher Randur Estevu, a man who is not what he seems. Meanwhile, the grisly murder of a councillor draws the attention of Inspector Rumex Jeryd. Jeryd is a rumel, a species of nonhuman that can live for hundreds of years and shares the city with humans, birdlike garuda, and the eerie banshees whose forlorn cries herald death. Jeryd's investigation will lead him into a web of corruption-and to an obscene conspiracy that threatens the lives of Rika and Eir, and the future of Villjamur itself. But in the far north, where the drawn-out winter has already begun, an even greater threat appears, against which all the empire's military and magical power may well prove useless-a threat from another world. From the Hardcover edition.

LC Classification NumberPR6114.E975N54 2010