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Blood Engines
by T. A. Pratt

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Meet Marla Mason — smart, saucy, slightly wicked witch of the East Coast....

Sorcerer Marla Mason, small-time guardian of the city of Felport, has a big problem. A rival is preparing a powerful spell that could end Marla's life — and, even worse, wreck her city. Marla's only chance of survival is to boost her powers with the Cornerstone, a magical artifact hidden somewhere in San Francisco. But when she arrives there, Marla finds that the quest isn't going to be quite as cut-and-dried as she expected...and that some of the people she needs to talk to are dead. It seems that San Francisco's top sorcerers are having troubles of their own — a mysterious assailant has the city's magical community in a panic, and the local talent is being (gruesomely) picked off one by one.

With her partner-in-crime, Rondeau, Marla is soon racing against time through San Francisco's alien streets, dodging poisonous frogs, murderous hummingbirds, cannibals, and a nasty vibe from the local witchery, who suspect that Marla herself may be behind the recent murders. And if Marla doesn't figure out who is killing the city's finest in time, she'll be in danger of becoming a magical statistic herself....

Review:

"Blood Engines wastes no time: by page three I knew I was reading an urban fantasy unlike any I'd previously encountered. The characters and world are real, immediate, and unapologetically in-your-face, throwing you into a story that trusts you'll keep up with the fast pace without flinching. It charges along with crisp pacing, a fascinating range of secondary characters, and a highly compelling lead in Marla Mason. She may be one of the genre's requisite sharp-tongued females, but her ruthless pragmaticism gives her a completely different feel from her fictional contemporaries. I genuinely look forward to the next book!" C.E. Murphy, author of Coyote Dreams

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"Pratt is a deft storyteller whose blend of suspense, magic, and dry humor kept me entertained and turning pages. Blood Engines is one of the most absorbing reads I've enjoyed in a long time, gluing me to the couch. I adore Marla, her done-at-all-costs character is someone I can relate to and want to cheer for. Best of all, I didn't figure the ending out until I got there. It's a book widower, and I can't wait for the sequel." Kim Harrison, author of For a Few Demons More

Review:

"A fast-paced, thoroughly fun, satisfying read." Kelley Armstrong, author of No Humans Involved
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About the Author

T. A. Pratt lives in Oakland, California with partner H.L. Shaw, and works as a senior editor for a trade publishing magazine.
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Barbara Gordon, December 3, 2007 (view all comments by Barbara Gordon)
Pratt takes an admirable chance in beginning with an unlikeable character. Heroine Marla Mason is flawed, but able (eventually) to learn from her mistakes. The secondary characters like the witty and equivocal Rondeau, and holy fool B kept me going through the opening chapters, and with the introduction of chained god Chang Hao, I realised I was in a different sort of urban fantasy, one with a strong hint of Tim Powers weirdness, and settled down for the ride.
I did find the narrative somewhat clunky, with infodumps and repetition of info, which might have gone better in a first-person narrative. For instance, the injury Marla did to Rondeau was dumped on the reader without much need, then, much later in the book - and far more effectively - admitted by Marla to an ally. While I liked the thought that went into providing a backstory to the first novel, I'm now dreading that each new entry in the series will fill it in once more, plus whatever happened in each book since.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553589986
Author:
Pratt, T. A.
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Author:
Pratt, T. a.
Subject:
Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Magicians
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
338
Dimensions:
6.86x4.32x1.02 in. .41 lbs.
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