The Native Star (Veneficas Americana #1)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780345521699 (0345521692)
Publish date: August 31st 2010
Publisher: Spectra
Pages no: 346
Edition language: English
Series: Veneficas Americana (#1)
Story is set in 1876, our world but with a few magical additions. The story is full on action once it gets going, with the romance taking a backseat up until the last chapter or so.Clever, inventive world. Non-stop action. Great bad guys. Feisty, independent heroine. Stubborn, different kind o...
Reminds me a little bit of Tamora Pierce's The Immortals quartet.
Native Star is set in 19th century America, an America which is vaguely steampunky, but much more magical. Both sides in the Civil War used magic, which is presently divided into three schools: animancy (that may not be right, but it's close), traditional magic using herbs and things from the earth....
This just didn't hold my attention. at all.
I became aware of this book through sporadic listening to the Escape Pod Podcasts which is basically an audio zine that publishes short fantasy, science fiction and horror fiction. M.K. Hobson is an occasional contributor and host of the podcast and ever since the book was announced a couple years ...
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