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It's happened again! A novel I had the pleasure of beta-reading is in Print! I'm part of a terrific writing group, Written in Blood. Two members now have books out there. Janice Hardy's book, Shifter, came out in October 2009.
And now, it's Aliette de Bodard's Aztec murder-mystery fantasy, Servant of the Underworld. It's been published by Angry Robot, an imprint of Harper Collins, in the UK. A US edition is planned, but meanwhile, copies imported from the UK are already available on Amazon.
Here's the blurb from Amazon. "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. Aliette De Bodard is the hottest rising star in world SF and Fantasy, blending ancient crimes with wild imagination. This is her debut novel."
[Edited to add book trailer, review, and map]
And here's the very cool book trailer (from Youtube). Watch it, it's only one minute long, and it's awesome.
The book's amazing, a compelling read. It's the first of a trilogy, but it stands alone very nicely. Here's a link to a great review by Dave Brendon.
If the setting and history intrigues you, Aliette has provided a series of great background articles (with pictures and maps) on her blog. (Start here.)
And now, it's Aliette de Bodard's Aztec murder-mystery fantasy, Servant of the Underworld. It's been published by Angry Robot, an imprint of Harper Collins, in the UK. A US edition is planned, but meanwhile, copies imported from the UK are already available on Amazon.
Here's the blurb from Amazon. "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. Aliette De Bodard is the hottest rising star in world SF and Fantasy, blending ancient crimes with wild imagination. This is her debut novel."
[Edited to add book trailer, review, and map]
And here's the very cool book trailer (from Youtube). Watch it, it's only one minute long, and it's awesome.
The book's amazing, a compelling read. It's the first of a trilogy, but it stands alone very nicely. Here's a link to a great review by Dave Brendon.
If the setting and history intrigues you, Aliette has provided a series of great background articles (with pictures and maps) on her blog. (Start here.)
