Book Preview In which it is established that: IN THE CITY of Westminster, in the vicinity of Birdcage Walk, in the year of our Lord 1844… There was once a private residence with a view of St. James’ park. It was generally known, among the London tradesmen, that a respectable widow resided there, upon whom … Read more
Book Preview In the year 1848 there was, in the vicinity of Whitehall, an exclusive dining establishment catering to many of those distinguished gentlemen who might be observed going in and out of the Houses of Parliament. Its customers were by no means limited to statesmen and peers, however; Royal Society members, journalists, and other … Read more
Book Preview THE WOMEN OF NELL GWYNNE’S Kage Baker Illustrated by J. K. Potter SUBTERRANEAN PRESS 2009 The Women of Nell Gwynne’s Copyright © 2009 by Kage Baker. All rights reserved. Dust jacket and interior illustrations Copyright © 2009 by J. K. Potter. All rights reserved. Interior design Copyright © 2009 by Desert Isle … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR KAGE BAKER “She’s an edgy, funny, complex, ambitious writer with the mysterious, true gift of story-telling.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, author of A Wizard of Earthsea “Her style is infused with a subtle humor that had me chuckling… She kept turning me in directions that I hadn’t expected.” —Anne McCaffrey, author … Read more
Book Preview Lady Amalthea R. was a trial to her father, and considered something of an adventuress by the rest of polite society. She reveled in the distinction. Having been told to go straight to hell by her enraged parent after refusing what would have been a respectable and advantageous marriage, Lady Amalthea chose instead … Read more
Book Preview BOOKS BY KAGE BAKER The Company Series In the Garden of IdenSky CoyoteMendoza in HollywoodThe Graveyard GameBlack Projects, White Knights: The Company DossiersThe Life of the World to ComeThe Children of the CompanyThe Machine’s Child Gods and PawnsThe Sons of Heaven Also by Kage Baker The Anvil of the WorldDark MondaysMother Aegypt and … Read more
Book Preview The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied so that you can enjoy reading it on your personal devices. This e-book is for your personal use only. You may not print or post this e-book, or make this e-book publicly available in any way. … Read more
Book Preview MAN OF SHADOWS The man has an air of authority. Dignity, too. Gravity, integrity, and all you’d want to see in the face of a judge. He is a consummate actor. His name (at least, the name he has used for the last couple of millennia) is Labienus. He is a Facilitator General … Read more
Book Preview EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE BOTANIST MENDOZA 150,000 BCE (more or less) Rain comes on the west wind, ice out of the blue north. The east wind brings hazes, smokes, the exhalation of the desert on the distant mainland; and hot winds come out of the south, across the wide ocean. The … Read more
Book Preview Praise for Kage Baker and The Company novels “Kage Baker has a very good fantasy career in front of her if Anvil is a sample. Her style is infused with a subtle humor that had me chuckling. I liked her hero for being such a practical and unflappable person. She kept me turning … Read more
Book Preview Praise for Kage Baker and The Company series “Kage Baker has earned praise for her tales of the Company, a future-based outfit that ‘recruits’ throughout time, turns its new troops into immortal cyborgs, and sends them out to fill in the blank spots of history. . . . Look for it! Baker does not disappoint!” … Read more
Book Preview Praise for Kage Baker “Kage Baker is the greatest natural storyteller to enter the field since Poul Anderson.” —Gardner Dozois “One of the most consistently entertaining series to appear in the late nineties. The novels read like literary pastiches—echoes of Heinlein and Robert Louis Stevenson fill this one—and the narrative pace matches that … Read more
Book Preview Advance Praise for In the Garden of Iden “The debut of a major talent. Kage Baker is a fresh, audacious, ambitious new voice, wry, jazzy, irreverent, sharp as a razor, full of daring, dash, and elan, sometimes surprisingly lyrical. She is also one hell of a storyteller. If you’re reading something by Kage … Read more