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Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman

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His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary Review), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia Briggs).

Now Christopher Buehlman invites readers into an even darker age—one of temptation and corruption, of war in heaven, and of hell on earth…

And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm—that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict.

Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams.

And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.

As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints, and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.

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DocoftheDarkArts\ \ Bob Stuntz\ \ • Jun 1

Thank you to everyone who voted for our Q3 book club books! If you are not a member, and are interested in how my book club works, check out the pinned post where I explain it all! The winners and months are going to be: \ \ July: Jade city by Fonda Lee\ \ AugustL The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem\ \ September: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman\ \ If you are a member here on Bindery and want to participate in the Discord server/Discord portion of the book club, but have not gotten into Discord, you can either check your emails from when you Joined as a Bindery member for the Discord invite, or click here to join the channel (there are a few application questions to ensure no bots are getting in!). \ \ Also, for those interested, we will be having our in-person discussion on Sunday, June 7 at 8 PM EST. That runs through th video chat channel on Discord, and would love to have you all there to discuss this really interesting book! If you are seeing this and are not a member, you do need to be a member (free or paid tier) to join in our book club, so join on up!\ \ Finally, remember you can buy books through the links here on Bindery, buy through my Bookshop.org affiliate store, or buy through Pango for used books and get $5 off your first order of $10 or more and it all helps me out! Looking forward to some great reads in the next quarter!

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[Sickos, my request for the new deluxe hardcover edition of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman just came through in the mail, which means I now have an extra copy to giveaway to y'all! This is a top notch standalone historical fantasy horror genre mash-up that I've hyped up dozens of times, so I'm thrilled to be able to get a copy to one of you lucky weirdos.\ \ All of these have been US only lately (for unfortunate and obvious reasons) but I'm gonna throw Canada in the mix this time and just eat the shipping if somebody from there wins. Don't be thrown off by the "skill-testing" question, it's an oddball Canadian requirement and is just going to be a super basic math question.\ \ To enter the giveaway, be a "Kist Reads" Follower, Sicko, Mega Sicko or Sicko Society tier in the US or Canada and leave a comment on this post (it can be a single emoji or whatever, it's just so we can make the winner selection & shipping as quick as possible). I'll throw all the terms & conditions* at the bottom. Here's what it looks like:\ \ \ \ I'll randomly draw the winner on 4/12 and reach out via email if you've won. Good luck!\ \

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