Faery Moon: A Tess Noncoire Adventure [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

P. R. Frost (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tess Noncoire Adventure | Publication Date: June 2, 2009

A brand-new Tess Noncoiré novel from "an innovative and welcome new voice in urban fantasy"(#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs)

Tess Noncoiré, successful fantasy writer and Celestial Blade Warrior, has gone to a writers' conference in Las Vegas, taking along her mother, who is depressed over the death of her demon husband.

Taking in one of Vegas' Big Acts, Tess is amazed to see winged dancers flying about the stage, seemingly unsupported by any wires. Then she discovers the dancers are actually faeries, held captive in the casino against their will. And if Tess and her sidekick demon Scrap don't help the faeries return to their own dimension, they-and their realm-will die.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The third Tess Noncoiré adventure (after 2007's Moon in the Mirror) follows the fantasy author and rogue demon-hunter to Las Vegas. While appearing as the guest of a regional writers conference, Tess and her imp sidekick, Scrap, are appalled to learn that the beautiful dancers performing in the hit show Faery Moon are supernatural beings kidnapped from Faery.Local vampire crime boss Lady Lucia offers to help Tess free the faeries and get them home, which seems easy enough, but the presence of another rogue Warrior hints that there's more going on. Meanwhile, Tess's old flame Donovan Estevez shows up, raising the possibility of conflict with her new would-be lover, Gollum aka Guilford Van der Hoyden-Smythe. The dark ending is leavened by the usual insider references to filk, as well as plenty of sword swinging and romantic angst. (June)
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About the Author

P.R. Frost hikes the Columbia River Gorge for inspiration, reads omnivorously, and enjoys attending science fiction conventions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: DAW Hardcover; 1 edition (June 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756405564
• ASIN: B0035G042A
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful, December 25, 2010

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L. Pardee (Poulsbo, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Faery Moon: A Tess Noncoire Adventure (Hardcover)

I read the first 70 pages of this before I gave it up for a waste of time. I couldn't get interested in the main character, the love story left me cold and I found the whole fairy story confusing. And the font when the imp took on narration hurt my eyes. Give this one a miss.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous urban fantasy, June 4, 2009

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This review is from: Faery Moon: A Tess Noncoire Adventure (Hardcover)

After contacting and surviving imp fever at the Citadel, Tess Noncoire becomes a Celestial Blade Warrior, bonded to her imp Scrap. Instead of staying at the Citadel with its restrictions, she and Scrap become Rogues; individuals working outside the system to stop demons from coming into our realm. The pair plus her grieving mother who just lost her demon husband are in Las Vegas where Tess attends a writer's conference while her depressed mom wants to see the show the Fairy Moon.

They find the show enchanting especially the winged dancers flying without any apparent wires. When Scrap enters the Interdimensional Chat Room, he sees the portal to Faery leaking out energy; which upsets the balance of the realms. They learn the flying dancers are real faeries trapped as performers against their will by Lord Graham. He, with the help of a vampire and other cohorts, has created an incarceration net that does not allow the faeries to leave the building. Tess, her archivist Golum, Damien the half demon, Lucia the vampire pretending to be a demon or is that a demon pretending to be a vamp, and their cab driver Mickey work together to liberate the faeries, send them home, and close the leak.

The protagonist is an amazon fighter who has an imp that turns into a magical Celestial Blade when she is in battle. Tess is brave and resourceful as she copes with the traumas life his tossed at her. P.R. Frost has written a fabulous urban fantasy filled with danger, intrigue and heartache as Tess and Scrap bond into a powerful unit who symbiotically need one another to survive. Readers will stay up late enjoying this engaging magical tale because it enchants the reader.

Harriet Klausner

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read, January 13, 2012

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This review is from: Faery Moon: A Tess Noncoire Adventure (Hardcover)

After reading this book I look forward to others by this author. A good solid read with lots of action and surprises. I enjoyed this one.