Much Fall of Blood: N/A [Mass Market Paperback]

Mercedes Lackey (Author), Eric Flint (Author), Dave Freer (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 684 pages
Publisher: Baen; Reprint edition (Jan 25 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439134162
ISBN-13: 978-1439134160
Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 181 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #334,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Prince Manfred and his mentor and bodyguard, the deadly warrior Erik, have survived dangers and enemies both natural and supernatural, and if they thought that their new mission was going to be anything but more of the same, they soon gave up on that hope. Returning from Jerusalem, they and their escort of knights of the Holy Trinity are escorting an envoy of Il Khan Mongol to the lands of the Golden Horde—between the Black Sea and the Carpathians, which happen to be the eastern bastion against their old enemies, the demon Chernobog and his possessed puppet, the Jangellion.

Unfortunately, what began as a diplomatic mission leads to Manfred and his knights being caught up in an inter-clan civil war, rescuing a fugitive woman and her injured brother, and becoming involved in the problems of Prince Vlad, Duke of Valahia, who has been held as a hostage by King Emeric of Hungary until freed by Countess Elizabeth Batholdy to use as bait to capture a group of nonhumans. Instead, the wolflike nonhumans, who masquerade as gypsies, free Prince Vlad, and help him to return to his homeland to raise revolt against Hungary and to renew age-old magics.

Manfred and Erik are forced into an alliance of convenience between the Golden Horde and the ancient magical forces of Valahia, as directed by the troubled Vlad. The magic calls for blood and Vlad is deathly afraid of it—and at the same time, is irresistibly drawn toward it . . .

About the Author

Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the SERRAted Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series (DAW), and many more. She was one of the first writers to have an online newsgroup devoted to her writing. Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose, The Lark and the Wren, and The Shadow of the Lion (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer). She lives in Oklahoma.

Eric Flint is the author/creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius series, including the new novel The Dance of Time, and with David Weber collaborated on 1633, and 1634: The Baltic War, two novels in the Ring of Fire series, and on Crown of Slaves, a best of the year pick by Publishers Weekly. Flint received his masters degree in history from UCLA and was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in East Chicago, IL, with his wife and is working on more books in the best-selling Ring of Fire series.

Dave Freer is an ichthyologist turned author living in a remote part of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with his wife and chief proof-reader, Barbara, four dogs and four cats, and two sons Paddy and James. His first book—The Forlorn (Baen)—came out in 1999. Since then he has co-authored with Eric Flint (Rats, Bats and Vats, The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, Pyramid Scheme, and Pyramid Power) and, with Mercedes Lackey and Eric Flint (The Shadow of the Lion, This Rough Magic, The Wizard of Karres) as well as writing another solo novel in that series, A Mankind Witch, and various shorter works. Besides working as a fisheries scientist for the Western Cape shark fishery he has worked as a commercial diver, and as a relief chef at several luxury game lodges.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I like Vlad!, Feb 20 2011

By wizardbear - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Much Fall of Blood: N/A (Mass Market Paperback)

It's nice to see a different take on Vlad. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, so we'll just say Hero, not Evil. I've felt that I really get my money's worth out of this series, and hope to see many more.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars superb alternate historical fantasy, Jan 26 2011

By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Much Fall of Blood: N/A (Mass Market Paperback)

The Byzantine Empire shuts down the trading route between the Mediterranean and the east by closing the Dardanelles. Golden Horde leader Jagiellon invites the western states to use a Roman land route. Accepting the invitation, Prince Manfred with his bodyguard Eric of Iceland leads diplomats from the Holy Roman Empire and the Venetian city-state to meet the Golden Horde leader. On the trip they encounter exiled Khan Mongol and his warrior sister Bortai.

Countess Elizabeth Bathody pretends to befriend Prince Vlad of Valhalia after liberating him from his incarceration by King Emeric of Hungary. However, when the opportunity is right, she plans to use his blood to enhance her already vigorous demonic power and as bait to capture the inhuman beasts lurking nearby. Instead these werewolves enable Vlad to escape from the malevolent female who he rejects as evil. Vlad and his dragoons unite with Manfred and his Knights of the Holy Trinity, and Bortai and her Mongol horde to fight Jagiellon and his Golden Horde; while immoral Hungarian King Emeric and his magical forces wait to take out the winner. The demon god Chernobog encourages deadly chaos with the only hope for Manfred and his allies rests with blood magic that Vlad fears though is enticed.

The third Heirs of Alexandria alternate historical fantasy (see The Shadow of the Lion and This Rough Magic) is a terrific entry as humor and romance enhance the magic and military prime themes. The story line is fast-paced with multiple subplots that deftly come together over the course of the tale although to much good luck happenchance on the hero's side as the continent seems very small detracts from an overall fine entry in a wonderful saga.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars very good read, April 29 2011

By Teresa - Published on Amazon.com

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very good read not much to add from the other 2 reviews (yay for a much needed happy ending for a certain charater) and i will say that there is very minor mention of marco and really benito isnt in it much either but i should think they managed to open up enough story possibilities for even more books to come (i hope).
I do want to mention however, an annoyance with this book that is minor for me though might be worse for others,(though it got more annoying as there werent just a few) there are TONS of errors in the book as far as duplicate words, words in the wrong order, wrong word all together. nothing was so bad that you couldnt figure out what was supposed to be ment but it did at times impede the flow at its worst. I have never read a book that was that badly checked for errors. I do wonder if this is just an issue with the mass market edition?

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