The Necromancer's House

Description

""You think you got away with something, don't you? But your time has run out. We know where you are. And we are coming." " Andrew Ranulf Blankenship is a stylish nonconformist with wry wit, a classic Mustang, and a massive library. He's also a recovering alcoholic and a practicing warlock. His house is a maze of sorcerous booby traps and escape tunnels, as yours might be if you were sitting on a treasury of Russian magic stolen from the Soviet Union thirty years ago. Andrew has long known that magic is a brutal game requiring blood sacrifice and a willingness to confront death, but years of peace and comfort have left him more concerned with maintaining false youth than with seeing to his own defense. Now a monster straight from the pages of Russian folklore is coming for him, and frost and death are coming with her.

Reviews

Praise for "The Necromancer's House " "[An] eruption of characters who evoke Dickensian whimsy and range from the merely unusual to the bizarrely imaginative...an explosion of enthralling fantasy. [A] vibrant, bracing atmosphere."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) "You find yourself believing the unbelievable and fearing what you thought belonged only in those Old World, pre-sanitized fairytales."--Andrew Pyper, author of "The Demonologist " Praise for "Between Two Fires " "Cormac McCarthy's "The Road "meets Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales "in this frightful medieval epic...Buehlman...doesn't scrimp on earthy horror and lyrical writing in the face of unspeakable horrors...an author to watch."--"Kirkus Reviews " "I was spellbound from the moment I opened the front cover...Intense and chilling...The ultimate good-versus-evil battle."--"Night Owl Reviews" "Fans of historical fantasy and horror will find this epic darkly rewarding."--"Publishers Weekly " Praise for "Those Across the River " One of "Publishers Weekly"'s Top-Ten SF, Fantasy & Horror Novels A World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel "One of the best first novels I've ever read."--Charlaine Harris, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author "What a treat. As much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz. A graceful, horrific read."--Patricia Briggs, #1 "New York Times "bestselling author "Beautifully written...with a cast of Southern characters so real you can almost see the sweat roll down the page. The ending is exceedingly clever."--"Boston Herald " "Wonderfully eerie from start to finish--a novel sure to enthrall readers of all stripes."--Grant Blackwood, #1 "New York Times "bestselling author "An unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror--do not miss this chilling debut. Christopher Buehlman is a writer to watch. I look forward to hearing from him again. And soon."--F. Paul Wilso

Author description

Christopher Buehlman is the winner of the 2007 Bridport Prize for Poetry and the author of "The Lesser Dead," "Between Two Fires" and "Those Across the River," and several plays. He spends half the year in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the rest on the road