Geht Noch Was? |
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Author:
| Kruse-Nordenstam, Wolfgang |
ISBN: | 978-3-8370-8762-8 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
Publisher: | Books on Demand GmbH
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.90 |
Book Description:
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'She is not a "who," boy. She is a "what." She was trained to be a weapon. A weapon needs no name. It knows neither friend nor foe. Only blood... and how to spill it.'With these words, The Ragged Man−one of several vividly drawn villains−aptly sums up the anti-heroine of this steampunk action-adventure set in Central and South America.In an alternate timeline indelibly altered by clandestine "ancient astronauts," the bleeding edge technology they wielded and the seeded...
More Description'She is not a "who," boy. She is a "what." She was trained to be a weapon. A weapon needs no name. It knows neither friend nor foe. Only blood... and how to spill it.'With these words, The Ragged Man−one of several vividly drawn villains−aptly sums up the anti-heroine of this steampunk action-adventure set in Central and South America.In an alternate timeline indelibly altered by clandestine "ancient astronauts," the bleeding edge technology they wielded and the seeded flora and fauna of their spent world, She is a member of the elite Cantil Tecuhtli ("Viper Knights", "Snakedancers"), assassins for the Aztec Empire. The latest target: the Inca to the South- shielded beneath a blood-red dome dubbed the "Ruby Armor of God".Now, betrayed and shot down over altered jungles teeming with nightmarish lifeforms and with only Her four clockwork automata, deadly wearable weapons and tenacious ingenuity on Her side, the lethal Snakedancer must cut Her way through ruthless enemies-both of our world and not quite-in a desperate bid to make Her way back to an Empire She protects out of duty... yet hates in Her heart. Along the way, She will show Her enemies there is a god upon the knife....