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Original Essays | April 29, 2013
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This title in other editionsOther titles in the Night's Masque series:The Alchemist of Souls: Night's Masque, Volume 1by Anne Lyle
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods--and a skrayling ambassador--to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital?
Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to the ambassador's bodyguard, but assassination attempts are the least of his problems. What he learns about the skraylings and their unholy powers could cost England her new ally--and Mal his soul. e-book Review:"Lyle's impressive debut is set in an alternate Elizabethan England, where the sons of the widowed queen await the ambassador of the skraylings, a New World race whose mercantile alliance is vital to English interests. Unemployed swordsman Maliverny Catlyn, in need of cash to maintain his brother in a lunatic asylum, takes a gig as the ambassador's bodyguard. Soon he and his tutor in the skrayling language, Coby Hendricks, an apprentice in an acting company and secretly a woman in disguise, are caught up in political intrigue. A lively cast of actors and their down-at-the-heel associates contrasts neatly with mysterious powers and goals of the inhuman skraylings as a theatrical competition in the ambassador's honor offers opportunities for both actors and assassins. With an effective mix of espionage, backstage drama, and mystery, Lyle provides compelling drama in an intriguing setting. Agent: John Berlyne, the Zeno Agency." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Synopsis:When the first Elizabethan explorers arrived back in London from the New World, they brought with them skraylings, mystical rulers of the native American tribespeople. But what do these apparently magical beings, supposedly descendents of the gods of the Norsemen who first discovered Vinland, want in England's capital?
Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to join their bodyguard, but he quickly discovers a vicious plot against the skraylings - a plot that is sure to doom them all, he realises, when he comes to learn the full extent of the skraylings' powers. e-book About the AuthorAnne Lyle is a website developer and debut author from Nottinghamshire, England. She has an active website, attends UK conventions and is a dedicated Twitter user. The author lives in Cambridge, UK.
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