The Witches of Echo Park: 1 - Brossura

Benson, Amber

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ISBN 10: 0425268675 ISBN 13: 9780425268674

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015

Riassunto

First in a “spellbinding”* series about a coven of witches living in L.A., from Amber Benson, author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels.

Unbeknownst to most of humankind, a powerful network of witches thrives within the shadows of society, using magic to keep the world in balance. But the witches are being eliminated—and we will all pay if their power falls...
 
When Lyse MacAllister’s great-aunt Eleanora, the woman who raised her, becomes deathly ill, Lyse puts her life in Georgia on hold to rush back to Los Angeles. And once she returns to Echo Park, Lyse discovers her great-aunt has been keeping extraordinary secrets from her.
 
Not only is Lyse heir to Eleanora’s Victorian house; she is also expected to take her great-aunt’s place in the Echo Park coven of witches. But accepting her destiny means placing herself in deadly peril—for the world of magic is under siege, and the battle the witches now fight may be their last...

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Praise for the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels

“I could not have been more delighted with where this series has gone. Benson knows how to tell a good story, and she ratchets up the tension with every page.”—Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

“Benson has crafted a well-written page-turner mystery. Full of colorful characters and hilarious dialogue, this is a series supernatural fans will devour.”—Fresh Fiction

“Callie bounces from twist to twist as she explores Benson’s richly imagined world, where multiple mythologies blend and the Afterlife is run as a corporation.”—Publishers Weekly

“Amber Benson does an excellent job of creating strong characters, as well as educating the reader on some great mythology history...A fast-paced and very entertaining story.”—Sacramento Book Review

“An urban fantasy series featuring a heroine whose macabre humor fits perfectly with her circumstances. Sure to appeal to fans of Tanya Huff’s Vicky Nelson series and Charles de Lint’s urban fantasies.”—Library Journal

“A beguiling blend of fantasy and horror...Calliope emerges as an authentically original creation...The humorous tone never gets in the way of the imaginative weirdness of the supernatural events.”—Locus

“Opens the door on an intriguing, fully thought-out universe, with a likable main character and the potential for mayhem around every corner. It’s a lot of fun.”—Fangoria

L'autore:

Amber Benson is the author of the Echo Park Coven Novels and the Calliope Reaper-Jones Novels. She cocreated, cowrote, and directed the animated supernatural Web series Ghosts of Albion with Christopher Golden, which they followed with a series of novels, including Witchery and Accursed, and the novella Astray. Benson and Golden also coauthored the novella The Seven Whistlers. As an actress, she has appeared in dozens of roles in feature films, TV movies, and television series, including the fan-favorite role of Tara Maclay on three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Benson wrote, produced, and directed the feature films Chance and Lovers, Liars and Lunatics.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0425268675
• ISBN 13: 9780425268674
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304