Angry Robot: Novedades | Julio-Agosto 2012. Llega la nueva serie de espada y brujería de Paul S. Kemp

Os presentamos más novedades literarias en lengua inglesa para este verano. Esta vez le toca el turno a la editorial independiente Angry Robot, editorial que publica títulos francamente interesantes que pueden interesar al lector habitual de fantasía épica y/o ciencia-ficción. En primer lugar comenzamos hablando de la nueva serie de Paul S. Kemp, autor que muchos conoceréis por sus novelas ambientas en "Reinos Olvidados" (Resurrección, Shadow's Witness, "The Twilight War"; creador del interesante personaje Erevis Cale) o sus más recientes trabajos para "Star Wars" como Deceived, Riptide o Crosscurrent. Su primera novela independiente de las franquicias es un relato de espada y brujería que inicia la serie "A Tale of Egil and Nix", un relato protagonizado por dos ladrones que ha sido comparada incluso con la serie de Michael J. Sullivan "Las Revelaciones de Riyria". Si podéis leer en inglés, el autor da aquí 10 razones para leer su novela. O bien con esta carta a los lectores de Star Wars y Reinos Olvidados, justo aquí.

Por otro lado, Gav Thorpe pone con The Crown of the Usurper el broche final a su trilogía "Crown of the Blood", ambientada en un mundo que nos recuerda a una mezcla entre el Imperio Romano con tintes de Oriente Medio, plagado de intrigas políticas, sangrientas batallas y demoledoras conquistas. La editorial también publica un ómnibus que contiene las tres novelas de Aliette de Bodard sobre su serie "Obsidian and Blood", una obra de fantasía ambientada en el mundo Azteca que seguramente hará las delicias de los que buscan un nuevo punto de vista sobre la sociedad azteca. Más información de las novedades:

The Crown of the Usurper, de Gav Thorpe. Edición en bolsillo, 416 páginas. Precio: £7.99 UK - $7.99 US - $8.99 CAN. A la venta. Género: Fantasía épica. Serie: Crown of the Blood/3.

Sinopsis:

The stunning conclusion to the epic Crown of the Blood trilogy.

Ullsaard rules the known world. All are subject to his will.

Yet even as another king bows before him, there are those who would wrench his empire from beneath him. He must risk losing the lands he has conquered to confront a foe far more powerful than any he has faced before.

As alliances shift and old enemies return, will he save the empire he has given his life to, or let it fall to ruin?

The Hammer and the Blade, de Paul S. Kemp. Edición en bolsillo, 432 páginas. Precio: £7.99 UK - $7.99 US - $8.99 CAN. A la venta. Género: Fantasía épica. Serie: A Tale of Egil and Nix/1.

Sinopsis:

A fast paced adventure redolent with the best of classic sword and sorcery tales…

Kill the demon.

Steal the treasure.

Retire to a life of luxury.

Sounds easy when you put it like that.

Unfortunately for Egil and Nix, when the demon they kill has friends in high places, retirement is not an option.

Obsidian and Blood: The Collected Acatl Novels, de Aliette de Bodard. Edición en rústica, 896 páginas. Precio: £12.99 UK - $15.99 US - $16.99 CAN. A la venta. Género: Fantasía épica. Serie: A Tale of Egil and Nix/1.

Sinopsis:

A massive fantasy omnibus containing all three novels in the Obsidian and Blood series:

Servant of the Underworld: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan – the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, high priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead.

Harbinger of the Storm: The year is Two House and the Mexica Empire teeters on the brink of destruction, lying vulnerable to the flesh-eating star-demons – and to the return of their creator, a malevolent goddess only held in check by the Protector God’s power. The council is convening to choose a new emperor, but when a councilman is found dead, only Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, can solve the mystery.

Master of the House of Darts: The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming… The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war – not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favor of the gods. When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, Acatl, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.

Suited, de Jo Anderton. Edición en bolsillo, 416 páginas. Precio: £7.99 UK - $7.99 US - $8.99 CAN. A la venta. Género: Ciencia-ficción. Serie: The Veiled Worlds/2.

Sinopsis:

Tanyana has chosen to help the Keeper, to stand against the Puppet Men, who continue to force the Debris into unnatural creations.

And when even her own suit becomes aggressive against her, Tanyana must weigh some very personal issues against her determination to serve the greater good.

vN, de Madeline Ashby. Edición en rústica, 448 páginas. Precio: £8.99 UK - $12.99 US - $14.99 CAN. A la venta. Género: Ciencia-ficción. Serie: The Machine Dinasty/1.

Sinopsis:

Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine, a self-replicating humanoid robot.

For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother’s past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, little Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.

Now she carries her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive, and she’s learning impossible things about her clade’s history – like the fact that the failsafe that stops all robots from harming humans has failed… Which means that everyone wants a piece of her, some to use her as a weapon, others to destroy her.

por Loren Sparrow agosto 09, 2012