Frost Moon
In an alternate Atlanta where magic is practiced openly, where witches sip coffee at local cafes, shapeshifters party at urban clubs, vampires rule the southern night like gangsters, and mysterious creatures command dark caverns beneath the city, Dakota Frost's talents are coveted by all. She's...
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In an alternate Atlanta where magic is practiced openly, where witches sip coffee at local cafes, shapeshifters party at urban clubs, vampires rule the southern night like gangsters, and mysterious creatures command dark caverns beneath the city, Dakota Frost's talents are coveted by all. She's the best magical tattooist in the southeast, a Skindancer, able to bring her amazing tats to life. When a serial killer begins stalking Atlanta's tattooed elite, the police and the Feds seek Dakota's help. Can she find the killer on the dark fringe of the city's Edgeworld? Among its powerful outcasts and tortured loners, what kind of enemies and allies will she attract? Will they see her as an invader, as a seducer, as an unexpected champion ... or as delicious prey?FROST MOON is Book One of the SKINDANCER fantasy series by debut author Anthony Francis. Filled with unforgettable characters, spine-tingling action, kinky rebellion and edgy love, FROST MOON is classic storytelling at its best, and Dakota Frost is an irresistible new star of fantasy fiction.Anthony Francis is a computer scientist who works at the 'Search Engine That Starts With A G'. By day he studies human and other minds to design intelligent machines and emotional robots; by night he writes fiction and draws comic books. He received his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Georgia Tech. He lives in San Jose with his wife and cats but his heart will always belong in Atlanta.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781935661078 (1935661078)
Publish date: August 24th 2010
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
Series: Skindancer (#1)
Disclosure: Anthony Francis and I know each other through our work at Clockwork Alchemy, a local convention."Frost Moon" is first of the Dakota Frost books, set in an alternate Atlanta. Dakota is a magical tattooist and a skindancer; she can make her tats come to life.In this book, someone is stalki...
Now this is a surprise. Puppy play in an urban fantasy book without written by a male author. I have to admit, other than a few male authors who write BDSM, I tend to avoid reading male authors because I just don't get their writing voice. It grates on me. Unless it's a truly gifted writer like ...
It took some time for this book to pick up. Dakota sure attracts the guys. That was a bit surprising to me mainly because she is unconventional in her look (mohawk, tatoos, 6'2")and also mentioned (more than once) her bisexuality. I liked the shout-out to Borders in this one. (I miss Borders, mo...
This book really has me on the fence. In reading books in the urban fantasy genre, I tend to look for two things: interesting world-building and good characters. Frost Moon does have some appealing world-building – the alternate reality called “Edgeworld” where the vampires, shifters, and magician...
I have a lukewarm impression of Anthony Francis' "Frost Moon" overall - not so much for the blunt content with respect to violence, language or sex (which for all three measures, this book was graphic in spurts so mature audiences ONLY), but for the rather choppy presentation and lack of directive f...