The Last Surviving Gondola Widow

Name: The Last Surviving Gondola Widow
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Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
ISBN: 9781524209117

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Olivia Crystal
Paru le : 11/03/2016

In an alternate post-Civil War Chicago, the citizens still remember the day the Gondolas sent by the South died and the city burned-again. Lou, a Pinkerton... > Lire la suite

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In an alternate post-Civil War Chicago, the citizens still remember the day the Gondolas sent by the South died and the city burned-again. Lou, a Pinkerton detective, uses magic to hunt down the Gondola pilots, now called Gondola widows. She thought she caught them all. But when evidence comes to light that one last widow hides in the most public of places, Lou must find a way to stop her-for good. "Excellent story from Rusch, a sort of alternate history/steampunk tale set on the shores of Lake Michigan."-BestSF".a spectacular ending for a wonderfully imaginative story."-SFRevu"An ingenious, if complex premise, but the heart of the story lies in Lou's self-doubt when it comes to the execution of her plan to cause her target to betray herself."-LocusKristine Kathryn Rusch has been writing her brand of excellent SF since the late 80s and she is still a vigorous presence in the field.
"The Last Surviving Gondola Women" takes place in an alternate USA, circa 1890.

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Date de parution : 11/03/2016
Editeur : Olivia Crystal
ISBN : 978-1-5242-0911-7
EAN : 9781524209117
Format : ePub

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Biographie de Kristine Kathryn Rusch

USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections.
She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award.
She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson, romantic suspense as Kristine Dexter, and futuristic sf as Kris DeLake. She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing.
She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith, and edits at least two anthologies in the series per year on her own. To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com).
She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.