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World Fantasy Award Winner Michael Crawford is forced to flee when discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed. Yet it is not the revengeful townspeople he fears but the deadly embrace of the malignant spirit that is claiming him as her bridegroom.
Crawford will not travel alone; soon he is aided by his fellow victims, the greatest poets of his dayByron, Keats, and Shelley. Together they embark upon a desperate journey, crisscrossing Europe and battling the vampiric fiend who seeks her ultimate pleasure in their ravaged bodies and imperiled souls.
Telling a secret history of passion and terror, Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, Declare, Three Days to Never) masterfully recasts the tragic lives of the Romantics into a uniquely frightening tale. Back in print for the first time since 1994, this newly revised edition of The Stress of Her Regard will thrill both Powers fans and newcomers to this gripping Gothic tour de force.
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"A reigning master of adult contemporary fantasy." Booklist"The reigning king of adult historical fantasy." Kirkus Reviews"Tim Powers is a brilliant writer." William Gibson, author, Neuromancer
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"The reigning king of adult historical fantasy." Kirkus Reviews
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"Tim Powers is a brilliant writer." William Gibson, author, Neuromancer
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"Through both innovation and preservation, Tachyon Publications has become one of the most respected publishing houses in speculative fiction." Hellnotes: Fiction, Movies, and Art Dedicated to the Horror Genre
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"Powers has already proved that he is a master of what he terms 'doing card tricks in the dark,' referring to the incredible amount of historical, biographical, and practical research that goes into his works." Harvard Review
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"Powers plots like a demon." The Village Voice Literary Supplement
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"Tim Powers is a genius." Algis Budrys, author, The Death Machine
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"A reigning master of adult contemporary fantasy." Booklist
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"Good serious fantasy doesn't come much better than The Stress Of Her Regard." Oxford Times
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Good serious fantasy doesnt come much better than
The Stress of Her Regard.”
Oxford Times
Strewn with literary personages and allusions, the book is entertaining on several levels....”
Publishers Weekly
Powerss framing of a vast, mysterious conspiracy, with ancient supernatural powers, hidden riddles, and secret societies, rivals anything written by Umberto Eco....”
Blogcritics Magazine
Intricately laced plots, theories of magick advanced and practical, and strange-but-true historical incidents.”
Green Man Review
...well-written and overflowing with imagination....”
Bookgasm
"Tim Powers is a genius."
—Algis Budrys, author, The Death Machine
Doing what Powers does best, by interspersing a dozen plot lines and characters with a bucket-load of paranormal and tying them up perfectly, he has conjured a tale that could be taken from the history books and taught as fact, and no one would even bother to challenge it. The unfortunate truth is that its not real, and thats what it makes it all the more amazing.”
SF Crowsnest
Synopsis
When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley in a desperate journey that crisscrosses Europe, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover who haunts his dreams and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. Told in the guise of a secret history, this long-awaited tale of passion and terror is finally back in print after more than 20 years.
About the Author
Tim Powers has been compared to Michael Crichton, Neal Stephenson, and Clive Barker and was lauded by Kirkus as the reigning king of adult historical fantasy.” His novel Declare, a supernatural secret history of post-WWII espionage, won the 2001 World Fantasy and the International Horror Guild awards. He is the two-time recipient of the Philip K. Dick Award for The Anubis Gates and Dinner at Deviants Palace and a three-time Locus Award winner for Last Call, Expiration Date, and Earthquake Weather. His latest novel, Hide Me Among the Graves, is a sequel to his classic supernatural thriller, The Stress of Her Regard. Powers has taught at the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop and has co-taught the Writers of the Future Workshop with Algis Budrys.