Orbit Books: Últimas novedades publicadas en 2012; Christian Cameron debuta en fantasía con «The Red Knight»

Para acabar con buen pie este año 2012 que nos deja en menos de una semana, la editorial inglesa especializada en fantasía y ciencia-ficción Orbit Books ha publicado una serie de títulos tanto en Reino Unido como en Estados Unidos que resumimos a continuación. Junto a la novela de ciencia-ficción de Michael Cobley, The Ascendant Stars –tercera parte de la trilogía "Humanity's Fire"–, la editorial publica en Estados Unidos la novela de Joe Abercrombie Red Country en formato de tapa dura con la cinematográfica portada de Michael Frost.

Por otro lado, publican en formato ómnibus la trilogía de fantasía épica de Karen Miller The Godspeaker Trilogy –compuesta por los títulos Empress, The Riven Kingdom y Hammer of God–, así como Spirit's End, la quinta entrega de la saga de fantasía protagonizada por Eli Monpress, el excelente ladrón creado por Rachel Aaron cuyas tres primeras aventuras han sido también reunidas en un único tomo.

Finalmente, The Red Knight es la primera parte de "The Traitor Son Cycle", una saga protagonizada por un cazador de dragones, a medio camino entre la fantasía y la ficción histórica. Se trata del debut fantástico de Christian Cameron, que en The Red Knight firma como Miles Cameron, autor que hemos podido leer en títulos como Maratón o Sangre Guerrera quien, al igual que en The Red Knight, vuelca todo su conocimiento histórico y militar al servicio de la historia.

Más información de las novedades a continuación: 

The Red Knight, de Miles Cameron. Edición en rústica, 656 páginas, 16,99 doblones ingleses. Disponible en formato electrónico. A la venta. Género: Fantasía. Serie: The Traitor Son Cycle/1.

Sinopsis:

Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.

Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern’s jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men – or worse, a company of mercenaries – against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.

It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.

The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he’s determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery, it’s just another job. The abby is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can’t deal with.

Only it’s not just a job. It’s going to be a war...

The Godspeaker Trilogy, de Karen Miller. Edición en rústica, 1456 páginas, 19,99 dólares Disponible en formato electrónico. A la venta. Género: Fantasía. Serie: The Godpseaker Trilogy (Omnibus Edition).

Sinopsis:

Sold into slavery, Hekat dreams of power. Fate leads her to the warlord Raklion, and she begins turning dreams into reality. For the nameless god of Mijak is with her, and it promises her the world.

Far away, the King of Ethrea is dying. His daughter Princess Rhian is ready to rule, but if her enemies have their way the crown of Ethrea will never be worn by a woman.

Dexterity Jones is a toymaker. To protect Rhian and his country, he must place his trust in an exile from Mijak. Yet, as Ethrea comes ever closer to civil war, a greater danger awaits. Hekat still desires the world … and power is no longer a dream.

This omnibus edition of THE GODSPEAKER TRILOGY includes Empress, The Riven Kingdom and The Hammer of God

Spirit's End, de Rachel Aaron. Edición en rústica, 560 páginas, 14,99 dólares Disponible en formato electrónico. A la venta. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Eli Monpress/5.

Sinopsis:

Eli Monpress is clever, he’s determined, and he’s in way over his head.

First rule of thievery: don’t be a hero. When Eli broke the rules and saved the Council Kingdoms, he thought he knew the price, but resuming his place as the Shepherdess’s favorite isn’t as simple as bowing his head. Now that she has her darling back, Benehime is setting in motion a plan that could destroy everything she was created to protect, and even Eli’s charm might not be enough to stop her. But Eli Monpress always has a plan, and with disaster rapidly approaching, he’s pulling in every favor he can think of to make it work, including the grudging help of the Spirit Court’s new Rector, Miranda Lyonette.

But with the world in panic, the demon stirring, and the Lord of Storms back on the hunt, it’s going to take more than luck and charm to pull Eli through this time. He’s going to have to break a few more rules and work with some old enemies if he’s going to survive.

Red Country, de Joe Abercrombie. Edición en tapa dura con sobrecubierta (edición americana), 464 páginas, 25,99 dólares Disponible en formato electrónico. A la venta. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Independiente.

Sinopsis:

Shy South comes home to her farm to find a blackened shell, her brother and sister stolen, and knows she’ll have to go back to bad old ways if she’s ever to see them again. She sets off in pursuit with only her cowardly old step-father Lamb for company. But it turns out he’s hiding a bloody past of his own. None bloodier.

Their journey will take them across the lawless plains, to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feuds, duels, and massacres, high into unmapped mountains to a reckoning with ancient enemies, and force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, a man no one should ever have to trust…

The Ascendant Stars, de Michael Cobley. Edición en bolsillo, 512 páginas, 7,99 dólares Disponible en formato electrónico. A la venta. Género: Ciencia-ficción. Serie: Humanity's Fire/3.

Sinopsis:

War erupts in the depths of space…

Battle-ready factions converge above Darien, all with the same objective: to control this newly discovered planet and access the powerful weapons at its heart. Despotic Hegemony forces dominate much of known space and they want this world too, but Darien’s inhabitants are determined to fight for their future.

However, key players in this conflict aren’t fully in control. Hostile AIs have infiltrated key minds and have an agenda, requiring nothing less than the destruction or subversion of all organic life. And they are near to unleashing their cohorts, a host of twisted machine intelligences caged beneath Darien. Fighting to contain them are Darien’s hidden guardians, and their ancient ally the Construct, on a millennia-long mission to protect sentient species. As the war reaches its peak, the AI army is roaring to the surface, to freedom and an orgy of destruction.

Darien is first in line in a machine vs. human war — for life or the sterile dusts of space.

por Loren Sparrow diciembre 26, 2012