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From Booklist Aside from GrimwoodвЂTMs penchant for borrowing motifs from other genres, the authorвЂTMs previous novels, including his acclaimed End of the World Blues (2007), mostly bear the imprint of sf. Yet here Grimwood confidently steps into fantasy territory in this first volume of an ambitious trilogy featuring an alternate renaissance Venice populated by corrupt monarchs, a secret army of assassins, and a bewitching side cast of werewolves and vampires. This version of early-fifteenth-century Venice is ruled by the descendants of Marco Polo, specifically Alonzo, the uncle of the bona fide but incapacitated Duke, who rules with Machiavellian intrigue in the face of his Byzantine and Ottoman enemies. After AlonzoвЂTMs scheme to marry off the DukeвЂTMs cousin Giulietta leads to her kidnapping, Alonzo sends his lead assassin, Atilo, on her trail. When Atilo fortuitously crosses paths with a young vampire, Tycho, he quickly recruits the boy as a very difficult but useful apprentice. GrimwoodвЂTMs well-seasoned skill with storytelling and dialogue makes this opening installment of the series both delightfully colorful and compellingly readable. --Carl Hays Review 'Sharp as a s

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Author

Grimwood, Jon Courtenay

Publisher

Orbit

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316123396

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction