Seven for a Secret
The sequel to New Amsterdam!The wampyr has walked the dark streets of the world's great cities for a thousand years. In that time, he has worn out many names--and even more compatriots.Now, so that one of those companions may die where she once lived, he has come again to the City of London. In...
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The sequel to New Amsterdam!The wampyr has walked the dark streets of the world's great cities for a thousand years. In that time, he has worn out many names--and even more compatriots.Now, so that one of those companions may die where she once lived, he has come again to the City of London. In 1938, where the ghosts of centuries of war haunt rain-grey streets and the Prussian Chancellor's army of occupation rules with an iron hand.Here he will meet his own ghosts, the remembrances of loves mortal--and immortal. And here he will face the Chancellor's secret weapon: a human child.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781596062337 (1596062339)
Publish date: January 1st 2009
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Series: New Amsterdam (#2)
Rating: 4.3* of fiveThe Book Description: The sequel to New Amsterdam!The wampyr has walked the dark streets of the world's great cities for a thousand years. In that time, he has worn out many names--and even more compatriots.Now, so that one of those companions may die where she once lived, he has...
This novella brings back the characters from the stories of New Amsterdam 40 years later (1938). I liked the portrayal of the vampire caring for his aging companions and the description of how his identities and memories flow away from him over the years. It's an odd parallel magic-using world whe...
The sequel to New Amsterdam, although it says so nowhere in the book. I read this without having read its predecessor (dear publishers: PLEASE label sequels), but I got a handle on the characters, their relationships, and the world pretty quickly. I like this best of everything I've read by Bear. ...
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