- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First edition (27 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765306565
- ISBN-13: 978-0765306562
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,695,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From humble origins as tribal nomads in an area to the east of the Black Sea, the Mosul Empire has ascended to power through bloody hunger for conquest. Spurred on by the brutal theocracy of the Zhaithan, they worship, with fundamental cruelty, the ancient and baleful twin deities Ignir and Aksura. Forming an unholy alliance with the Teutons in the North and the Mameluke warlords in North Africa, the empire subjugated the Land of the Franks, and all of the Hispanic Peninsula, and have now set their sights on the New World. They have already brought down the Republic of Greater Carolina and the Virginia Freestate. Only the Kingdom of Albany, controlling what would be New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, still stands, aided by the Norse Alliance. Argo Weaver-Huck Finn in a ruthlessly vicious world - comes from the back hills of East Virginia. Cordelia Blakeney - Scarlet O'Hara in a trench coat - is a Lady at the Court of Albany. Raphael Vega - part Goya, part Zorro, conscripted as grunt cannon-fodder - is a native of decimated Hispania. Jessamine - a Destiny's Child goes to hell - is the concubine of a Teuton colonel. Together, they will form the Four and battle the Mosul's ultimate creation, the Dark Things, battlefield horrors with hideous and paranormal powers. The Four are aided by Yancey Slide, a strange man with many of the characteristics of Coyote, the Trickster.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is an incredible parallel world novel which, perhaps, only the radically unique brain of Mick Farren could conjure. The synopsis above tells all you need to know, just buy it, read it, and marvel at Farren's thought process, you have to admire the man's ability in even imagining such a world as he has created here - top notch!!!
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This is an alternative reality novel with a rather simplistic and unpleasant view of the world, as well as lacking much in the way of strong and sympathetic characterisation, or anything remarkable in the plot. One to avoid.
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I really loved this book. It a great read with wonderful decription, characters and plot. I can't wait for the next one.
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