A Dark and Subtle Light
Machiavelli The Immortal: Book One
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-78618-981-3 (ISBN)
Description
Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli is a diplomat, an author, a philosopher and historian. An immortal.
Touched by a malevolent alien intelligence with a vampiric lust for sensation and misery, Earth stands at a crossroads as many worlds have before it. When a rival species sends a warning to Earth, Machiavelli is transformed into a protector of mankind.
Travelling the ages, an unlikely hero immune to death, he must stop the corrupted, from the Borgias to Friedrich Nietzsche, before we destroy ourselves for the watcher's pleasure.
Touched by a malevolent alien intelligence with a vampiric lust for sensation and misery, Earth stands at a crossroads as many worlds have before it. When a rival species sends a warning to Earth, Machiavelli is transformed into a protector of mankind.
Travelling the ages, an unlikely hero immune to death, he must stop the corrupted, from the Borgias to Friedrich Nietzsche, before we destroy ourselves for the watcher's pleasure.
Reviews / Votes
"Great fun, thought-provoking, highly literate and beautifully written" -- Daily Mail "Serious literary fun" -- K.W. Jeter "Exquisite prose, exceptional characters and worldbuilding, and a rollicking good adventure to boot ... A must read" -- George Mann "The energy and inventiveness steaming along here to assure you it's a trip worth taking." -- http://www.sfreviews.net/ "An incredibly entertaining, fast-paced page turner." -- Tor.comMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78618-981-3 (9781786189813)
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Mark Hodder is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK and its seven sequels, and of the first officially sanctioned Sexton Blake novel to have been published in nearly half a century (he created and maintains BLAKIANA: The Sexton Blake Resource). He also writes short stories, flash fiction and vignettes. Find out more on his Patreon page. Mark was born in the UK. He has worked as a commercial radio scriptwriter, a freelance copywriter, and as a web content producer for the BBC. Since 2009, he has lived in Valencia, Spain, where he writes full-time. He and his partner have twins, Luca and Iris.