书目

BurdensoftheDead(HeirsofAlexandria)

内容简介

SequeltoMuchFallofBlood,book4intheHeirsofAlexandriaseries.Civilizationatthecrossroads.InanalternateRenaissancewheremagicworks,acaptainofItalianforcesmustdealwithgods,goddessesandwarfareinordertosavehisdaughteratthesiegeofConstantinople—andpreventanewdarkage.Inanalternate15thcenturywheremagicstillispartoflife,theHolyRomanEmpirerulesEurope.ConstantinopleisundersiegebytheVenetiansandtheirallies.Hekate,GoddessofCrossroads,presidesovertheconflictandcarnageasalternatevisionsofcivilizationcollide.AndsinceConstantinopleisthecrossroadcityofeastandwest,anditisherethatItaliancaptainBenitoValdostamustdealwiththepowerfulmagicalmanifestationoftheWeepingWoman,adisguisedHekate,inordertosavehisdaughterandtodestroythefleetsoftheChernobogassemblingintheBlackSeabeforetheycancutintothesoftunderbellyofEurope.Withlandbattle,navalaction,cunningassassinations,andheartbreakaplenty—nottomentiontheongoingconflictbetweenLordoftheDeadAidonusandBenitofortheloveofawoman,civilizationisatthecrossroadsandchoicesmustbemadethatwillbringvictoryandfreedomforcenturiestocome—oranewDarkAge.

作者简介

MercedesLackeyistheNewYorkTimesbest-sellingauthoroftheBardicVoicesseriesandtheSerratedEdgeseries(bothBaen),theHeraldsofValdemarseries,andmanymore.AmongherpopularBaentitlesareTheFireRose,TheLarkandtheWren,andTheShadowoftheLion(withEricFlintandDaveFreer).ShelivesinOklahoma.EricFlintisamodernmasterofalternatehistoryfiction,withoverthreemillionbooksinprint.He’stheauthor/creatoroftheNewYorkTimesbest-sellingRingofFireseries.WithDavidDrakehehaswrittensixpopularnovelsinthe“Belisarius”alternateRomanhistoryseries,andwithDavidWebercollaboratedon1633and1634:TheBalticWar.Flintwasformanyyearsalaborunionactivist.HelivesinChicago,Illinois.DaveFreerisanichthyologistturnedauthorwholivesonFlindersIsland(betweenmainlandAustraliaandTasmania)withhiswife,fourdogsandfourcats,andtwosons.HehascoauthoredarangeofnovelswithEricFlint(Rats,BatsandVats,TheRats,theBatsandtheUgly,PyramidScheme,andPyramidPower),withMercedesLackeyandEricFlint(TheShadowoftheLion,ThisRoughMagic,TheWizardofKarres,MuchFallofBloodandFreer’ssoloentryintheseries,AMankindWitch)aswellaswritingtheDragon’sRingnovelsDragon’sRingandDogandDragon.

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HeirsofAlexandria

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