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Gods War

#1 Bel Dame Apocrypha

Kameron Hurley

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Night Shade Books
08 May 2018
Hugo Award-winning author Kameron Hurley’s blood-soaked, inventive sci-fi/fantasy mash-up. “If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you're going to love Nyx... makes Han Solo look like a boy scout.” —io9

Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or less wouldn't make any difference...

On a ravaged, contaminated world, a centuries-old holy war rages, fought by a bloody mix of mercenaries, magicians, and conscripted soldiers. Though the origins of the war are shady and complex, there's one thing everybody agrees on:

There's not a chance in hell of ending it.

Nyx is a former government assassin who makes a living cutting off heads for cash. But when a dubious deal between her government and an alien gene pirate goes bad, Nyx's ugly past makes her the top pick for a covert recovery. The head they want her to bring home could end the war—but at what price?

The world is about to find out.

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Imprint:   Night Shade Books
Country of Publication:   United States
ISBN:   9781597809504
ISBN 10:   1597809500
Series:   Bel Dame Apocrypha
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kameron Hurley is the acclaimed author of the novels God's War and The Mirror Empire. She has been awarded two Hugo Awards, the Kitschky Award for Best Debut Novel, and has also been a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. Visit her online at KameronHurley.Blogspot.com or on Twitter at @KameronHurley.

Reviews for Gods War (#1 Bel Dame Apocrypha)

Praise for Kameron Hurley God's War Inventive, challenging, tough as nails--just like its hard-hitting heroine. Recommended. --Joe Abercrombie Kameron Hurley's a brave, unflinching, truly original writer with a unique vision . . . burns right through your brain and your heart. --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Finch Hurley's world-building is phenomenal... (she) smoothly handles tricky themes such as race, class, religion, and gender without sacrificing action. --Publishers Weekly One of the most thought-provoking debuts I've read so far this year. --Locus If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you're going to love Nyx... She makes Han Solo look like a boy scout. --io9 Infidel Especially enjoyable for its ethnically diverse cast and freewheeling remixes of traditional gender roles. --Tor.com A fast-paced book with a lot of action and smart character moments, mixed with cynical battlefield philosophy. I highly recommend it. --Strange Horizons Rapture Ferociously imaginative--with an emphasis on ferocious. . . . smart, dark, visceral and wonderfully, hectically entertaining. --Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City Edge-of-the-seat action set within a strange and alien world that's the mutant child of Frank Herbert and Roger Zelazny. --David J. Williams, author of The Mirrored Heavens Inventive, challenging, tough as nails--just like its hard-hitting heroine. Recommended. --Joe Abercrombie If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you're going to love Nyx... She makes Han Solo look like a boy scout. --io9


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