"Only in a fantasy world, it seems, can the grand dame get a little credit."
In a new article, Laura Miller of Salon.com pays homage to the England's longest-reigning monarch, noting: "She was the longest-reigning monarch in British history, presiding over not only the establishment of an empire but also the greatest flowering of the English-language novel. Yet when it comes to literature, Queen Victoria might well ask, where is the love?"
In fantasy, it turns out!
In Jonathan Barnes's two novels, THE SOMNAMBULIST and THE DOMINO MEN, Queen Vic literally sells the souls "of the entire population of London to an evil entity called the Leviathan" -- but in the forthcoming QUEEN VICTORIA: DEMON HUNTER, by A. E. Moorat, we see a decidedly different side of Her Royal Majesty.
One in which she kicks demonic ass.
As Miller notes, on the very night she assumes her throne the newly-crowned, 18 year-old monarch learns that "she has become the target of and chief defender against an infernal conspiracy. It's her Buffy Summers moment, handled...with admirable aplomb." When her erstwhile love interest, Prince Albert, is abducted by infernal villains, VR finds herself locked, loaded...and ready to crack some evil minion heads.
For love, country, and the pursuit of infernal tyrants....QUEEN VICTORIA: DEMON HUNTER (on-sale 1/26/10) is one mash-up you'd have to be a zombie to miss!
We are amused.
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Posted by: Chrys | December 16, 2009 at 02:17 PM
I'd really like to win this book; my local library does not seem to carry it. I'd like to read it and then share with friends.
Posted by: Susan Meek | December 16, 2009 at 02:27 PM
This book sounds 100 times better than that Pride & Prejudice & Zombies story. I'd love to read it!
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I really would love to read this book - winning it would make it sweeter.
Posted by: Lingeorge | December 16, 2009 at 03:15 PM
this sounds really interesting! :) I'd love to be able to read it!
Posted by: Virginia Hendricks | December 16, 2009 at 07:36 PM
I'd like to be included!
Posted by: Teresa W. | December 17, 2009 at 07:58 AM
This sounds cool! I just finished Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and this sounds like a great follow-up.
Posted by: Terri | December 17, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Love a good mash up.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Julie Kazimer | December 17, 2009 at 04:52 PM
Looks interesting!
Posted by: Paul E | December 18, 2009 at 02:11 PM
Would love to read and review this
Posted by: Angelle Marcs | December 18, 2009 at 02:21 PM
Queen Victoria as a Slayer. That would be interesting and a little fast and loose with reality (which is overrated anyway). And I'd love to have a copy of the book.
Posted by: susan beamon | December 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM
I am certainly amused by the concept.
Posted by: SaraC | December 27, 2009 at 01:01 AM
Queen Victoria as a Slayer. That would be interesting and a little fast and loose with reality (which is overrated anyway). And I'd love to have a copy of the book.
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