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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ... uh, no that's STAR WARS.
Actually it was in junior high when I discovered BEAU GESTE in the school library.
My four buddies looked at me as if I were nuts when I laid the phonebook-sized tome on the study hall table we shared.
Then, I told them of the desert mystery of a fort defended by dead men, a stolen jewel, and ...
My friends were hooked.
From that incident sprang our weekend overnight stay-over's
where we watched old movies and were read pulp fiction by my mother (Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu, Doc Savage, etc.)
And so the League of Five was born.
I offer you a chance to join my League of Night ...
It's a noir detective story starring fallen angels, the heavenly choir, nightclub stigmatics,
a priest with a dirty secret, a femme fatale, and the Voice of God.
Somebody has murdered the angel Gabriel.
Worse, the Jericho Trumpet has gone missing, putting Heaven on the brink of a truly cosmic crisis.
Who is Ian Tregillis?
He is the author of a triptych of alternate history series, Bitter Seeds, The Coldest War and Necessary Evil.
He lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he works as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
In addition, he is a member of the George R. R. Martin Wild Cards writing collective.
Kirkus Reviews picked it as one of the best Sci Fi books of 2013, saying:
"Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow."
George R. R. Martin said of Ian: "A major talent."
Go to the library or buy a used hardback from Amazon for 57 cents.
Join me as I read this fantasy.science fiction.
Join the LEAGUE OF NIGHT with me and tell me what you think of it.
Hi Roland
ReplyDeleteI remember reading Beau Geste years ago, but for the life of me I can't remember much about it. Must be time to read it again. And isn't that a wonderful cover...
Yolanda is reclining on the couch this week, spouting murderous imaginings...
Denise :-)
I'm heading out of the door on a blood run, but tomorrow I will be there to listen to Yolanda. Why didn't I see your new post on my blog list I wonder. Beau Geste was great fun for boys to read ... the movie with Gary Cooper saved us from having to slog through the giant book!
DeleteIsn't that a striking cover?
The league of five sounds like part of the best childhood ever :-)
ReplyDeleteIn many ways it was a wonderful childhood. :-) The book stretches your imagination, letting you see eternity and God may follow non-linear lines in ways that most do not even suspect. Ian is a physicist so that explains it. Sadly, he has a serious internal break in the book's logic that could have been easily explained with Vonnegut's dictum: "What you pretend to be long enough, you become." :-(
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