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THE STRESS OF HER REGARD
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| By: |
Tim Powers |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1892391791 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781892391797 |
| Publisher: |
TACHYON PUBLICATIONS |
| Pub. date: |
22 August, 2008 |
| Pages: |
427 |
| Description: |
When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover. |
| Synopsis: |
World Fantasy Award Winner Michael Crawford is forced to flee when discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed. Yet it is not the revengeful townspeople he fears but the deadly embrace of the malignant spirit that is claiming him as her bridegroom.Crawford will not travel alone; soon he is aided by his fellow victims, the greatest poets of his day? Byron, Keats, and Shelley. Together they embark upon a desperate journey, crisscrossing Europe and battling the vampiric fiend who seeks her ultimate pleasure in their ravaged bodies and imperiled souls.Telling a secret history of passion and terror, Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, Declare, Three Days to Never) masterfully recasts the tragic lives of the Romantics into a uniquely frightening tale. Back in print for the first time since 1994, this newly revised edition of The Stress of Her Regard will thrill both Powers fans and newcomers to this gripping Gothic tour de force. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Tachyon Publications |
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