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PublisherBaen Books
ISBN-101451639104
ISBN-139781451639100
eBay Product ID (ePID)150519245
Product Key Features
Book TitleWolf in Shadow
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy / General, General
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Lambshead
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.92
SynopsisRhian, a girl from the Welsh valleys on the run from tragedy and herself,finds a new home in the modern East End of London, where the world'slargest financial center spins a web of money and power from glistening towersof chrome and glass. However, beneath the digital facade lurks the old East Endwhere the layers of two-thousand years of dramatic and violent history slideover one another like glaciers, spilling out in avalanches that warp the realworld. As bodies begin to litter the East End streets, The Commission dispatchesits best enforcers to deal with the situation: Karla is not human, and Jamesonleft his humanity behind in pieces in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan. Rhianmakes new friends -- dangerous friends -- and where Rhian goes,the wolf is always in her shadow, just a heartbeataway., Contemporary fantasy adventure. An ordinary young woman finds a haunting and dangerous world of demons and shapeshifters on the streets of modern day London. Urban fantasy in one of the world's greatest cities. Rhian, a girl from the Welsh valleys on the run from tragedy and herself, finds a new home in the modern East End of London, where the world's largest financial center spins a web of money and power from glistening towers of chrome and glass. Beneath the digital fa ade lurks the old East End where the layers of two thousand years of dramatic and violent history slide over one another like glaciers, spilling out in avalanches that warp the real world. As bodies begin to litter the East End streets, The Commission dispatches its best enforcers to deal with the situation: Karla is not human, and Jameson left his humanity behind in pieces in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan. Rhian makes new friends, dangerous friends; and where Rhian goes, the wolf is always in her shadow, just a heartbeat away. Among the bankers and traders of the East End walk demons in human form and who is to say which are the monsters? London is a magical bomb waiting to explode and somewhere a fuse is hissing. About Wolf in Shadow ." . .takes the reader through a world where magic impinges on ordinary life in ways unsuspected by most of London's inhabitants. . .Along the way, within a fast-paced and exciting adventure, Lambshead deals out wry swipes at modern education, political correctness, obsessive hobbyists, and government bureaucracy. . . a humorous and diverting tale."-- Galveston County Daily News About John Lambhead's Lucy's Blade: "Swashbuckling heroines and romantic subplots."-- Publishers Weekly About John Lambshead and David Drake's Into the Hinterlands: "Drake and Lambshead combine politics, military expeditions, and deep-space exploration into an intriguing tale...Recommended for all SF collections." - Booklist
LC Classification NumberPR6112.A53
