MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02007cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2013947170
003 DLC
005 20140806082157.0
008 130806s2014 nyub 000 1 eng d
010 $a 2013947170
020 $a9780316220101 (paperback)
020 $a0316220108 (paperback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn827082627
040 $aYDXCP$beng$cYDXCP$erda$dBTCTA$dKNJ$dFOLLT$dNVC$dHQC$dCDX$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPR6113.O736$bA88 2014
082 04 $a823/.92$223
100 1 $aMorden, Simon,$eauthor.
245 10 $aArcanum /$cSimon Morden.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOrbit,$c2014.
300 $a765 pages :$bmap ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A single spark can ignite the entire world" -- Cover
520 $aRome was the center of the most powerful empire the world had ever seen, but that didn't stop it falling to Alaric the Goth, his horde of barbarian tribesmen and their wild spell-casting shamans. Having split the walls with their sorcery and slaughtered the inhabitants with their axes, the victors carved up the empire into a series of bickering states which were never more than an insult away from war. A thousand years later, and Europe has become an almost civilized place. The rulers of the old Roman palatinates confine their warfare to the short summer months, trade flourishes along the rivers and roads, and farming has become less back-breaking, all due to the magic, bestowed by gods, that infuses daily life. Even the barbarians' gods have been tamed: where once human sacrifices poured their blood onto the ground, there are parties and picnics, drinking and singing, fit for decent people and their children. But it looks like the gods are going to have the last laugh before they slip quietly into ill-remembered obscurity.
650 0 $aMagic$vFiction.
650 0 $aGods$vFiction.
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd