Pyr Books: Novedades | Julio-Agosto 2012. «A Guile of Dragons», «The Dusk and Watchman», «False Covenant»...

Estas son las novedades de género fantástico que publica Pyr Books durante el mes de agosto, además de las ya publicadas en este mes de julio. Han aparecido recientmente The Hunter and Fox, de Philippa Ballantine, quien hace su primer debut en la editorial con una nueva novela ambientada en la serie "A Shifted World". Ha aparecido a su vez una nueva aventura de la ladrona Widdershins con False Covenant, una novela de Ari Marmell (autor de la interesante The Goblin Corps).

Las suculentas novedades para el mes de agosto incluyen el inicio de la saga "A Tournament of Shadows", con A Guile of Dragons, de James Enge, donde los dragones vuelven al mundo tras haber sido derrotados hace años por los enanos, quienes ahora sufren las consecuencias. Se publica también la quinta y última entrega de "Twilight Reign" con The Dusk Watchman, de Tom Lloyd, así como la reedición de la cuarta novela de la serie, The Ragged Man.

Pyr es un sello editorial de Prometheus Books, grupo editorial fundado en 1969 por el filósofo americano Paul Kurtz. Pyr se lanzó como sello especializado en fantasía y ciencia-ficción en marzo de 2005, habiendo cosechado numerosos premios a sus ediciones desde entonces. Tras este paréntesis aclaratorio, vamos con la información de las novedades:

A Guile of Dragons, de James Enge. Edición en rústica, 320 páginas, 17,95 dólares. A la venta el 24 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: A Tournament of Shadows/1.

Sinopsis:

It’s dwarves vs dragons in this origin story
for Enge’s signature character, Morlock Ambrosius!

Before history began, the dwarves of Thrymhaiam fought against the dragons as the Longest War raged in the deep roads beneath the Northhold. Now the dragons have returned, allied with the dead kings of Cor and backed by the masked gods of Fate and Chaos.

The dwarves are cut cut off from the Graith of Guardians in the south. Their defenders are taken prisoner or corrupted by dragonspells. The weight of guarding the Northhold now rests on the crooked shoulders of a traitor’s son, Morlock syr Theorn (also called Ambrosius).

But his wounded mind has learned a dark secret in the hidden ways under the mountains. Regin and Fafnir were brothers, and the Longest War can never be over...

The Dusk Watchman, de Tom Lloyd. Edición en rústica, 466 páginas, 17,95 dólares. A la venta el 24 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Twilight Reign/5.

Sinopsis:

The end of the successful fantasy epic.

The final reckoning has come. The future of the Land will be decided now, written in the blood of men.

After his pyrrhic victory at Moorview, King Emin learns the truth about the child Ruhen. Powerless to act, he must mourn his friends and watch his enemy promise a new age of peace to the beleaguered peoples of the Land. While the remaining Menin troops seek revenge, daemons freely walk the Land, and Ruhen’s power grows, a glimmer of hope remains.

One final, desperate chance for victory remains and failure has become unimaginable. The fanatical rulers of Vanach hide a secret at the heart of their nation; a weapon so terrible only a dead man could wield it and only a madman would try, but without it Narkang will be obliterated. The past year has taken a grave toll and Ruhen’s millennia-old plans are about to bear terrible fruit. There can be only one outcome if he continues unchecked: total dominion over the Gods themselves.

The Ragged Man, de Tom Lloyd. Edición en rústica, 466 páginas, 17 dólares. A la venta el 24 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Twilight Reign/4.

Sinopsis:

Lord Isak is dead; his armies and entire tribe in disarray. As the Farlan retreat and Kastan Styrax mourns his dead son, it is King Emin who takes the initiative while he still can. The secret, savage war he has devoted his life to nears its terrible conclusion as Ruhen positions himself as answer to the Land's problems. Before the conquering eye of the Menin turns in his direction Emin must take his chance and strike without mercy.

A showdown is coming and battle lines are drawn as blood is spilled across the Land. The specter of the Great War looms but this time the Gods are not marching to war. It will be men who decide the future now. But before victory, before survival, there must first be salvation—even if it must be sought in the darkest place imaginable.

With the tide turning against Emin and his allies the key to their survival may lie in the hands of a dead man.

Reaper, de K. D. McEntire. Edición en tapa dura, 260 páginas, 16,95 dólares. A la venta el 24 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Lightbringer/2.

Sinopsis:

Sequel to Lightbringer!

Reaper is set in a world a breath away from our own. After the death of her mother, Wendy is attempting to fill her mother’s shoes and discovering that the prospect is far more difficult than she ever imagined. Learning that she is part of a powerful and ancient family of Reapers that her mother had forsaken is just the first surprise – Wendy soon discovers that the San Francisco Bay Never is filled with political powers and factions both previously unknown and completely mysterious to Wendy. Since both her mother and Piotr are gone, Wendy must struggle to maneuver between the machinations of the dead and the dark intentions of her living Reaper family.

Eventually betrayed and made sick unto death, the clock is ticking before Wendy will fall – she has only a matter of days to unravel the mysteries her mother left behind and to convince her wary family to accept her as one of their own.

The Devoured Earth, de Sean Williams. Edición en ebook, 390 páginas, 11,99 dólares. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Books of the Cataclysm/4.

Sinopsis:

A special ebook-only release!

In a glacial lake at the top of the world, salvation and destruction await ...

Haunted by a ghost from the future, Shilly and her man'kin allies are drawn into the snowbound mountains on a mission to save the world. Yod, trapped by the Castillo twins in the Void Benath, may finally be breaking free.

Hard on Shilly's heels are Sal and his father, and an uneasy alliance of Sky Wardens, Panic, and foresters. The stakes are high as ancient forces including the strange and alien glast and a dragon with its own agenda struggle for ascendancy. If the Goddess rises from her Tomb, the fate of the Ice Eaters will be sealed and they will kill anyone who tries to get in their way....

False Covenant, de Ari Marmell. Edición en tapa dura, 281 páginas, 16,95 dólares. Género: Fantasía. Serie: A Widdershins Adventure/2.

Sinopsis:

The thief Widdershins returns in a new adventure!

It’s been over half a year, now, since the brutal murder of Archbishop William de Laurent during his pilgrimage to the Galicien city of Davillon. During that time, the Church of the Hallowed Pact has assigned a new bishop to the city—but it has also made its displeasure at the death of its clergyman quite clear. Davillon’s economy has suffered beneath the weight of the Church’s displeasure. Much of the populace—angry at the clergy— has turned away from the Church hierarchy, choosing private worship or small, independent shrines. And the bishop, concerned for his new position and angry at the people of Davillon, plans to do something about it.

But a supernatural threat is stalking the nighttime streets—a creature of the other world has come to infiltrate the seedier streets of Davillon, to intertwine its tendrils through the lower echelons of society. Faced with both political upheaval and a supernatural threat to its citizenry, the local representatives of the Church are paralyzed and the Guardsmen are in over their heads.

And then there’s Widdershins. Who’s tried, and failed, to stay out of trouble since taking over Genevieve’s tavern. Who’s known to the Church and the Guard both, and trusted by neither. Who may, with some of her Thieves’ Guild contacts, have unwittingly played a part in the bishop’s plans. And who, along with her personal god Olgun, may be the only real threat to the supernatural evil infesting Davillon.

Hunter and Fox, de Philippa Ballantine. Edición en tapa dura, 277 páginas, 17,95 dólares. Género: Fantasía. Serie: A Shifted World.

Sinopsis:

Popular up-and-coming author making her Pyr debut

In a world that is in constant shifting, where mountains can change to plains and then to lakes, Talyn is the hunter for the Caisah, and a wreck of a once-proud person. She has lost her people, the Vaerli, and her soul working for the man who destroyed her people. All unknowing, she carries within her a Kindred, a chaos creature from the center of the earth that wants to help bring the Vaerli back to power. However, she has lost the ability to communicate with it.

She must also deal with the machinations of Kelanim, the mistress of Caisah, who out of fear will do anything to bring Talyn down.

Little does the Hunter know that salvation is looking for her, and it wears the face of gentleness and strength. Finn is a teller of tales who carries his own dreadful secret. He sets out to find answers to his path but ends up in the city of Perilous and Fair where he meets Talyn. He knows the danger and yet is drawn to her. Their fates are bound together.

Meanwhile, the Hunter's lost brother Byre is searching for his own solution to the terrible curse placed on the Vaerli. He sets forth on a treacherous journey of his own, which will intersect in the most unlikely place with that of Talyn and Finn.

The ramifications of this encounter will be felt by all the people in Conhaero, from the lost Vaerli to the Caisah on his throne.

por Loren Sparrow julio 26, 2012