Goblin Moon (Mask & Dagger) [Kindle Edition]

Teresa Edgerton (Author), Jennifer Carson (Editor), John Edgerton (Illustrator), Carolyn Hill (Illustrator)

Book Description

UNDER THE GOBLIN MOON ...

Coffins float down the river, hobgoblins emerge from their dens, alchemists pore over ancient texts in search of the secret of creating life, and one man fights a secret battle against cruelty and injustice, with wit, ingenuity, and a lethal lack of compunction.

Gunpowder & Alchemy supersedes Sword & Sorcery in this swashbuckling tale of sorcery, witchcraft, mesmerism, animal magnetism, disguises, revenges, secret societies, and secret identities.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"As satisfying a modern novel as one could wish for. Stylish and inventive, with a unique flavor interweaving the best of the romantical reality of a particular period in history with a highly original use of fantasy elements."

-- Baird Searles, Asimov's Science Fiction

"The characters of GOBLIN MOON are always in motion, always playing off something or someone, always acting and reacting as the circumstances demand. ... A fascinating accomplishment."

-- John Bunnell, Dragon Magazine

"A fantasy that is fresh and appealing, and completely original in conception ... [Edgerton] creates a world that is strange and grotesque and wonderful and familiar, all at the same time.  Excellent, excellent, excellent!"

-- Kate Elliot, author of Spirit Gate

"Teresa Edgerton has the bold vision that makes epics, but never loses sight of the details where the true stuff of magic lies.  Her characters are more than merely believable,  they become intimate aquaintances of the reader, close friends and bitter enemies.  I wish all writers had her gift."

-- Tad Williams, author of Shadowmarch

"A delightful book, set in a world where magic adds intrigue to a society much like Georgian England." 

-- Out of this World Tribune

Product Details

• File Size: 567 KB
• Print Length: 322 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1105047261
• Publisher: Moonfleet (October 13, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005VMDE5A
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,349 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy and the Age of Reason - Completely Compatible November 29, 1999

By Emily Snyder

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Theresa Edgerton, I will state right now, is one of my absolutely favourite fantasy authors in the genre today. Within the space of a few hundred pages, she transports us to a world both foreign and familiar, introduces a cast Dickens would envy, and completes a novel that *might* relinquish the reader's attention given the space of a month. While publishers are constantly "upping" the cost and the length (and the dullness) of their new lines, Theresa Edgerton is an excellent foil - slashing through the cliche bilge and shining through the benighted press. Her stories have the added quality of "rereadableness" - for they rest on limited omniscience rather than surprise.

In "Goblin Moon," the first book in a duology, Ms. Edgerton creates a world based on eighteenth century Europe, replete with evil duchesses and dashing masqueraders, husband-catchers and Faust mirrors, Guilds of gnomes and dwarves and covens of goblins. Although readers of her other series (The Green Lion Trilogy, and its sister Trilogy - both set in a para-Celtic land) might find the abrupt change in world surprising, yet the first few chapters will certainly convince them to continue reading. Students of this particular era (who suffered through Locke and have been looking for a means of putting such non-knowledge to use) will find her world-building especially delightful, from the Fates to the sheep-drawn carriages.

Beware, though. Ms. Edgerton's novels are notoriously difficult to find, but more than worth the agony of waiting.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! July 1, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Goblin Moon is set in a quasi-Victorian time. There are several different species, such as gnomes, blood-sucking trolls, hobgoblins and, of course, humans. The main heroine, Seramarias Vorder, is an appropriately intelligent and resourceful young woman in a rather false society. However, the hero, the elusive Lord Francis Skelbrooke, steals the show. A perfect gentlemen, laced and powdered to perfection...armed to the teeth and with the deplorable habit of shooting enemies at point blank range.

Together, Sera and Lord Skelbrooke must find out exactly what the mysterious and bewitching Duchess and her suave minion Jarl Skogsra are plotting.

Full of intrigue, ironic humor, the stylized world of the Victorians, and a touch of romance, Goblin Moon is an enchanting read. It is well worth the time and effort to locate a copy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Scarlet Pimpernel. Only better. November 13, 2011

By Emily C. Snyder

Format:Kindle Edition

Teresa Edgerton, I will state right now, is one of my absolutely favourite fantasy authors in the genre today. Within the space of a few hundred pages, she transports us to a world both foreign and familiar, introduces a cast Dickens would envy, and completes a novel that *might* relinquish the reader's attention given the space of a month. While publishers are constantly "upping" the cost and the length (and the dullness) of their new lines, Teresa Edgerton is an excellent foil - slashing through the cliche bilge and shining through the benighted press. Her stories have the added quality of "rereadableness" - for they rest on limited omniscience rather than surprise.

In "Goblin Moon," the first book in a duology, Ms. Edgerton creates a world based on eighteenth century Europe, replete with evil duchesses and dashing masqueraders, husband-catchers and Faust mirrors, Guilds of gnomes and dwarves and covens of goblins. Although readers of her other series (The Green Lion Trilogy, and its sister Trilogy - both set in a para-Celtic land) might find the abrupt change in world surprising, yet the first few chapters will certainly convince them to continue reading. Students of this particular era (who suffered through Locke and have been looking for a means of putting such non-knowledge to use) will find her world-building especially delightful, from the Fates to the sheep-drawn carriages.

Happily, Ms. Edgerton has reissued her excellent Mask and Dagger duology, opening another generation to the charms and danger of Lord Francis Love Skelbrooke...who's just like the Scarlet Pimpernel. Only better.