Author: GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
Title: Fevre Dream
Description: Orion . Paperback. Pp: 390. When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something`s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn`t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh`s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won`t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh`s concern"no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.nMarsh meant to turn down York`s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve"coupled with the terrible force of York`s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare.and mankind`s most impossible dream.nHere is the spellbinding tale of a vampire`s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman`s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river. ISBN: 9781407247298. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9781407247298
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Title: Fevre Dream
Description: Orion . Paperback. Pp: 390. When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something`s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn`t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh`s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won`t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh`s concern"no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.nMarsh meant to turn down York`s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve"coupled with the terrible force of York`s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare.and mankind`s most impossible dream.nHere is the spellbinding tale of a vampire`s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman`s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river. ISBN: 9781407247298. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9781407247298
Price: EUR 6.95 = appr. US$ 7.55 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1530137
- Book number: 1530137
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