Product Description
by Roz Kaveney (Author)
The Rhapsody of Blood series follows two women, Mara and Emma, in their struggle against the mysterious enemy Berin who taught men how to become gods through slaughter - the Rituals of Blood.
Mara, immortal Huntress, destroys the Aztec gods, Robespierre and Jack the Ripper. She witnesses the flooding of Atlantis and the Crucifixion. She searches across the for her murdered sisters Sof and Lillit, cursed by wishes all three made before time From the forests of Europe to the deserts of Asia and Africa Jerusalem to Alexandria, Paris and past, present and future London, Mara is up against conquistadors, zombies and primordial fungus with allies that range from Jehovah to Montezuma, Voltaire to HG Wells and cockney spymistress Polly.
An ogre eats her lover Caroline, whose ghost recruits modern Emma to the fight. Originally with no powers save wit and intelligence, Emma faces down angels, elves, vampires, a mad monstrous Britartist and invading mathematical entities and becomes the new ruler of Hell...
Formidable apart, unstoppable as allies, Mara and Emma are the world's last hope against the wily Berlin and his prophesy of doom.
The Ring of Flesh will Burst, the Sleepers Will Awake and All Will be Undone
