- Paperback: 230 pages
- Publisher: Borgo Press (May 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1434435237
- ISBN-13: 978-1434435231
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #718,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In an alternate history in which the Plantagenets still rule in England, France, and the New World, and where the science of magic has displaced the magic of science, Lord Darcy is the official representative of King John IV to investigate murders and other bizarre crimes, and Master Sean O Lochlainn his forensic magician sidekick. An Azteque prince is sacrificed at the top of an abandoned Azteque pyramid in New England, his heart torn from his chest in a fashion discarded hundreds of years earlier. Unless Darcy and Sean can uncover the how and why of the crime, the fragile peace between the Angevin settlers of New England and the Azteque Empire may soon be broken. Another first-class authorized continuation of the magical detective series begun by the late Randall Garrett.
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A faithful pastiche, Jan 1 2002
By Sven Allenbach-Schmidt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Study in Sorcery (Paperback)
The author Randall Garrett wrote a series of novels and short stories about an alternate universe where Richard the Lion Hearted lived to a ripe old age, and his Plantangent descendents rule over a just and noble Anglo-French empire. Oh, and the laws of magic have been developed into basis of all technology and commerce. The orginal series was a lot of fun, full of humor, some decent mysteries, and tributes to a host of fictional dectectives. The central character is Lord D'arcy, a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes. After Garrett's death, Michael Kurland was commissioned to continue the series, with this book and "Ten Little Wizards".In "A Study in Sorcery", Kurland successfully continues the tales of D'arcy and Master Sean, his forensic mage. A murder in a locked room in an abandoned Aztec temple in the imperial domain of New England (North America in our world) threatens the peace and stablilty of the world. Our intrepid heroes are dispatched to solve the case, with the assistance of Garrett's Doc Savage-type character, Lord John Quezcotl. Plenty of intrigue, romantic liasons with beautiful female spys, and danger from fearsome savages (my personal favorite fearsome savage, Chief He-Who-Laughs-Last, MA Oxford). Try it, you'll like it.
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Long Out Of Print--A welcome return!, Sep 7 2011
By The Mystic Eye Of The Hipster - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Study in Sorcery: A Lord Darcy Novel (Paperback)
A rare crossover between Mystery & Fantasy, Lord Darcy is a Holmesian detective in a world where magic works. His assistant, Master Sean, is a Forsensic Sorcerer.This book features a locked door mystery in an Aztec Pyramid.
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Great OOP book, July 23 2010
By Patricia Walker - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Study in Sorcery (Paperback)
Books came promptly and were as described. It was great finding two books that have been long out of print at excellent prices for reading copies.
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