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Post by Calenture on Oct 23, 2007 21:10:45 GMT
Inan. A planet where the nation states have been at war for over half a millennium. So are they ready for peace?
Only at a price.
In a world where magic and technology have become intertwined, the Mages of each nation state – the ultimate wizards – have become the ultimate weapons. So what happens when one of them is abducted, and the planet is threatened with a new war that could lead to global annihilation?
The ultimate weapons will meet the ultimate warrior, Simeon 7.
Encountering military might, political machinations, and magical manifestations, those who would oppose him soon find that nothing can break the determination of a warrior on a mission.
About the Author: Andy Boot
has written twelve novels in the post-apocalypse series Deathlands, and two in the longest-running crime series currently in print, The Executioner. Previous to this he wrote four non-fiction books covering true crime, the paranormal, and horror films. Before that he was a journalist. After this, he'd like to be rich.
ISBN: 1-905437-02-1
320 Pages
Release Date: August 2006
Having stirred it up, he disappeared back into the Filthy Workshop where he sought the company of the other sick creations there. Pulphack wrote: Demonik wrote: P.S. Author's name now corrected. |
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Post by dem bones on Oct 23, 2007 21:59:56 GMT
Andy Bugg ? Is it that bloody Zardoz imposter again? Relax, I always knew it was SF because: Jonathan Oliver (ed.) - The Abaddon Sampler (Abaddon, 2006) Simon Spurrier - The Culled
Andy Boot - Dreams Of Inan: A Kind Of Peace
Matthew Sprange - Death Hulk
Jaspre Bark - Spear Of DestinyExtreme Action!
Excessive Adventure!
Aggresive Excitement!
Abaddon brings you the very best in genre fiction with these four action-packed novels. Inside you will find a post-apocalypse world world ruled by dangerous gangs and crazed cults, zombie hordes feasting on human flesh, a fantastical planet forged in war and magic and a tense thriller packed with conflict and political intrigue.[/color] Spooky. I have no recollection of picking this up but it was there on my bookshelf so I guess I must have been sleep-shopping at an all-night car boot sale or something! It's a good - if very frustrating - idea and I think TOR books used to do something similar. Take a chapter from each of the current novels in your catalogue and bind them in a slim promo booklet with some potted biogs of the authors. More details from www.abaddonbooks.com |
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Post by pulphack on Oct 25, 2007 6:55:44 GMT
hello, andy bugg here, back from camden... the booklet worked, as all the books featured sold out their first print runs, which was something worrying the abaddon boys. i think they were given away with the judge dredd megazine as a promo device.
personally, i always find that kind of promo frustrating, like the one where they take the first chaoter of a writers NEXT book and bung it at the end of the current one with a 'coming soon' blurb. but that's just me, i think, as it seems to get results.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 25, 2007 10:20:20 GMT
i think they were given away with the judge dredd megazine as a promo device. Thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Bugg, but it still doesn't explain how I came by it: I've never even read a Judge Dredd, let alone bought one. That Encounters magazine gave away some neat little promo books before the - always fatal - intervention of Uri Gellar. There was a Jenny Randales & Peter Hough collaboration 50 Years Of UFO Encounters with the debut - I saw a copy going for a fiver on one of the stalls at Zardoz - and B Movies: The Ultimate Guide To The Ultimate Trash soon after. Maybe we should have a 'best giveaways' thread ..... |
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Post by pulphack on Oct 25, 2007 13:48:23 GMT
a lot of 'em went to the megazine, and others were sent out to journalists. my mate paul told me that they did a deal with sfx to give them away with an issue of that, too. though that's hardly up your street, either, dem.
however, like with all of those giveaways, loads have ended up in charity and junk shops, so perhaps the logo caught your eye? it is quite a nice one, and looks more gothic than sci-fi to me (i think they were trying to ape games workshop's black flame imprint, as the editor at abaddon - nice guy though he was - slavishly imitated them to capture their paperbck audience).
i guess if they find their way into unlikely hands such as yours, then they've done the job.
incidentally, those giveaways that were on movies were always my faves - sometimes i'd even buy a magazine i didn't usually get, just for the book (aagh! a tool of marketing!). i even got a copy of dvd world for a freebie of jess franco trailers, but let's leave it at that...
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Post by Calenture on Jun 30, 2008 13:16:35 GMT
Andy Bugg ? Is it that bloody Zardoz imposter again? Strewth, I really should have picked up on that!  Now remember what they say about how cruel it is to mock the afflicted...  |
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