Mark Charan Newton, author of Nights of Villjamur (Canada, USA, Europe) and City of Ruin (Canada, USA, Europe), just posted an extract from the forthcoming The Book of Transformations (Canada, USA, Europe) on his website.
Here's the blurb:
A new and corrupt Emperor seeks to rebuild the ancient structures of Villjamur to give the people of the city hope in the face of great upheaval and an oppressing ice age. But when a stranger called Shalev arrives, empowering a militant underground movement, crime and terror becomes rampant.
The Inquisition is always one step behind, and military resources are spread thinly across the Empire. So Emperor Urtica calls upon cultists to help construct a group to eliminate those involved with the uprising, and calm the populace – the Villjamur Knights. But there’s more to Knights than just phenomenal skills and abilities – each have a secret that, if exposed, could destroy everything they represent.
Investigator Fulcrom of the Villjamur Inquisition is given the unenviable task of managing the Knights, but his own skills are tested when a mysterious priest, who has travelled from beyond the fringes of the Empire, seeks his help. The priest’s existence threatens the church, and his quest promises to unravel the fabric of the world. And in a distant corner of the Empire, the enigmatic cultist Dartun Súr steps back into this world, having witnessed horrors beyond his imagination. Broken, altered, he and the remnants of his order are heading back to Villjamur.
And all eyes turn to the Sanctuary City, for Villjamur’s ancient legends are about to be shattered…
Follow this link to read the excerpt.
Here's the blurb:
A new and corrupt Emperor seeks to rebuild the ancient structures of Villjamur to give the people of the city hope in the face of great upheaval and an oppressing ice age. But when a stranger called Shalev arrives, empowering a militant underground movement, crime and terror becomes rampant.
The Inquisition is always one step behind, and military resources are spread thinly across the Empire. So Emperor Urtica calls upon cultists to help construct a group to eliminate those involved with the uprising, and calm the populace – the Villjamur Knights. But there’s more to Knights than just phenomenal skills and abilities – each have a secret that, if exposed, could destroy everything they represent.
Investigator Fulcrom of the Villjamur Inquisition is given the unenviable task of managing the Knights, but his own skills are tested when a mysterious priest, who has travelled from beyond the fringes of the Empire, seeks his help. The priest’s existence threatens the church, and his quest promises to unravel the fabric of the world. And in a distant corner of the Empire, the enigmatic cultist Dartun Súr steps back into this world, having witnessed horrors beyond his imagination. Broken, altered, he and the remnants of his order are heading back to Villjamur.
And all eyes turn to the Sanctuary City, for Villjamur’s ancient legends are about to be shattered…
Follow this link to read the excerpt.
5 commentaires:
Pat, ummm....
Newton's City of Ruin book that I supposedly won here on your site in like... May... I think..
Well, I'm sad to say it still hasn't arrived. I guess by now it's pretty safe to say that it never will, right? It's a bummer, the one time I win anything...
Checked with the publisher when you first got in touch with me, and it appears that the book was indeed sent your way. So I guess they didn't want to send out another copy. Sorry, but I have no control over these things...
Nemes - sent me an email through my website and I'll forward it on to my publishers. I'll see what they can do...
Thanks Pat and thanks Mark.
It looks great and feels right, especially because the cities plays such a big role in the previous books, and probably this one too.
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