Cold Fire: a September Weekes novel (Evil Above the Stars) - Softcover

Ellis, Peter R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911409069 ISBN 13: 9781911409069

Verlag: Elsewhen Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

a September Weekes novel
London, 1680

The famous philosopher, Sir Robert Boyle, is about to demonstrate the results of his investigations of the phosphorus and its cold fire to fellows of the Royal Society and other guests. Far away at the edge of Wales an alchemist learns of the discovery and, helped by his young assistant, attempts in his own way to form the mysterious material, little suspecting that his work threatens to open the universe to the evil power of the Malevolence.
Summoned by the Brains, September Weekes, the Cludydd o Maengolauseren, arrives charged with halting the Malevolence's storm of destruction. But how? She finds herself out of her time and in a world not quite her own. Nevertheless her experience of the Malevolence tells her that she must do something. The fantastic beasts she encounters may come to her aid, if she can work out how to save them from the Cold Fire.
For September, hardly any time has passed since she was trying to save Gwlad in Peter R. Ellis' thrilling fantasy series Evil Above the Stars. Now, in the first of the September Weekes novels, she appears to be closer to home, at least in space if not time. But not everything is as she'd expect it, and she still seems to be wearing her school uniform!

Combining science, fantasy and adventure, this is a novel that transcends traditional genres and is truly worthy of the designation Speculative Fiction.

Review comments for Evil Above the Stars:

“a compelling epic fantasy” – Risingshadow

“A fascinating fantasy adventure with strong elements of Welsh mythology.” – Wishing Shelf Awards

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Peter R. Ellis would like to say he's been a writer all his life but it is only since retiring as a teacher in 2010 that he has been able to devote enough time to writing to call it a career. Brought up in Cardiff, he studied Chemical Physics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, then taught chemistry (and a bit of physics) in Norwich, the Isle of Wight and Thames Valley. His first experience of publishing was in writing educational materials, which he has continued to do since retiring. Of his fictional writing, Evil Above the Stars was his first published speculative fiction series, in which we were introduced to September Weekes. Peter has been a fan of science fiction and fantasy since he was young, has an (almost) complete collection of classic SF by Asimov, Ballard, Clarke, Heinlein and Niven, among others, while also enjoying fantasy by Tolkien, Donaldson and Ursula Le Guin. Of more recent authors Iain M Banks, Alastair Reynolds and China Mieville have his greatest respect. His Welsh upbringing also engendered a love of the language (even though he can't speak it) and of Welsh mythology like the Mabinogion. All these strands come together in the Evil Above the Stars series and now the September Weekes novels. He lives in Herefordshire with his wife, Alison, who is a great supporter.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elsewhen Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1911409069
• ISBN 13: 9781911409069
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
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