If you are a fan of the Halo novels, you know the name Eric Nylund, he wrote three of them. What you may not know is he has also served as a writer and a consultant helping to shape the Halo game at Microsoft Game Studios. As well, he has worked with some of the biggest names in games; including Bioware, Ensemble Studios, and Epic Games. Apparently a man who likes to keep busy, he has both a graphic novel, Halo Genesis, and a comic miniseries based on the TV show Battlestar Galactica due out this year. On top of all this, he has a new novel which is about to be released as well.
The novel, his first since the selling over two million Halo novels, blends ancient mythology and urban fantasy into an original story set in the modern world. Fiona and Eliot Post, are painfully ordinary siblings- or so it seems. Little does anyone suspect that the a the pair are actually the result of forbidden union, one between an immortal goddess and Lucifer himself. Shrouded in obscurity for their own protection, as they reach fifteen years of age the secret not even they were aware of reaches the families of their parents. As each side vies to control of the twins they are set to a series of heroic tasks and diabolical temptations meant to test them while each one draws them deeper into mysterious pockets of living myths made real.
This first book of a five book series will force the pair to depend on each other as they learn to use their developing powers while possibly bringing about an apocalyptic war.
PCZ is fortunate to have been been given an excerpt of the book, which will be released on February 3rd. Click the link below to download the first three chapters of the book.
>>Mortal Coils Preview Download<< (click to read in your browser or right-click to “save link as”)
Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Available: February 3, 2009
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