Kell's Legend - The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles, Book 1

Zusatztext Praise for Andy Remic: "This is one of the most entertaining books I have read this year.  The characters are dynamic and believable.  The plot takes off at a rapid clip and does not slow down.  Remic’s clockwork vampires are the most creative and interesting vampires I have seen in quite some time." - James Atlantic's Speaks "...blood-spattered ultraviolence" - SFX Magazine (November 2007) "War Machine is like the collected hardware spank banks of Chris Foss! Neal Asher and Jeremy Clarkson all mashed into one" - Death Ray Magazine (January 2008) "Biohell can stake a claim as the finest viral nightmare since 28 Days Later " - Calum Waddell! SFX Magazine (January 2009) "His staccato prose is punchy and he delivers in the action stakes" - Alasdair Morton! SciFi Now Magazine (January 2009) "A fun! hectically fast-paced and brutally action-packed novel... If you’re a fan of colourful characters! plenty of blood and gore! and an interesting and memorable take on a phenomenon that you may have had your fill of already (cryptic! I know! but I don’t want to spoil it)! then this book is definitely for you and is guaranteed to keep you up late! flinching! cheering and fevered." - Dave Brendon! Dave Brendon's Fantasy & SciFi Weblog Informationen zum Autor Andy Remic is a British writer with a love of ancient warfare, mountain climbing and sword fighting. Once a member of the Army of Iron, he has since retired from a savage world of blood-oil magick and gnashing vachines, and works as an underworld smuggler of rare dog-gems in the seedy districts of Falanor. In his spare time, he writes out his fantastical adventures. Klappentext Sweeping Battles ] E-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-017 Leseprobe KELL’S LEGEND Book One of the Clockwork Vampire Chronicles PROLOGUE: Slaughter   “I know you think me sadistic. You are incorrect. When I punish, I punish without pleasure. When I torture, I torture for knowledge, progression, and for truth. And when I kill…” General Graal placed both hands on the icy battlements, staring dream-like to the haze of distant Black Pike Mountains caught shimmering and unreal through the mist: huge, defiant, proud, unconquered. He grinned a narrow, skeletal grin. “Then I kill to feed.” Graal turned, and stared at the kneeling man. Command Colonel Yax-kulkain was forty-eight years old, a seasoned warrior and leader of the Garrison Regiment at Jalder, Falanor’s major northern city and trading post connecting east, south and west military supply routes, also known as the Northern T. Yax-kulkain was hunkered down, fists twitching uncontrollably, staring up into Graal’s blue eyes. Pupil dilation told Graal the commander could still understand, despite his paralysis. Graal smiled, a thin-lipped smile with white lips that blended eerily into the near-albino skin of his soft, some would say feminine, face. Running a hand through alabaster hair Graal released a hiss and gave a heavy, pendulous nod. “I see you understand me, colonel.” Yax-kulkain murmured something, an animal sound deep in his throat. He trembled, in his frozen, kneeling position, and with ice crackling his beard, gradually, with incredible force of will, lifted his blue-hued face and snarled up at the conquering general. There came a crack as he forced frozen jaws apart. Ice fell, tinkling from his beard. In rage, the ice-chilled warrior spat, “You will… rot… in hell!” General Graal turned, staring almost nostalgically across frosted battlements. He spun on his heel, a fast fluid motion, slim blade slamming to cut the command colonel’s head from his body. The head rolled, hitting stone flags and cracking a platter of ice. It rocked, and came to a halt, eyes staring blank at the bleak, snow-filled sky. “I think not,” said Graal, staring down...

Product details

• Authors: Andy Remic, Adrian Smith
• Publisher: Watkins Media PRH US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2010
• EAN: 9780857660169
• ISBN: 978-0-85766-016-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 173 mm x 30 mm
• Series: The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles; The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy