Jagutai and Lilitu (Zancharthus, Book 2) [Paperback]

Mark E. Rogers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2000

Mancdaman Zancharthus has become High priest of Tchernobog. Offended to the bone by devil worship(and fiscal insanity), he has embarked on a mad crusade to turn his own order inside out and reform the unreformable, Mother Khymir herself. Tchernobog, however, has other plans, and marshalls all his forces to maintain the status quo---wire-jacketted sendings, one-eyed cut-throats, poison-cult prostitutes, and last but not least, possessed harem piggies (it isn't as funny as it sounds). To even the odds, Zancharthus secretly schools his formidable consort Torrisanna in sorcery, and envisions an invincible bodyguard, the Cohort Ravener, commissioning his unwilling friend Jagutai to make it a reality. But Jagutai has to cope with a very significant distraction---that lewd little bundle called Lilitu, who has gotten herself into terrible trouble with Gudrid, Torrisanna's fanatical successor at the Temple of Tsa Terrathu-Even wilder than Blood+Pearls, seething with sex, blood and demonic barnyard dementia, Jagutai and Lilitu is a fever dream in print.

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About the Author

Born in 1952, author-illustrator Mark E. Rogers is best known for the Samurai Cat books: The Adventures of Samurai Cat, More Adventures of Samurai Cat, Samurai Cat in the Real World, The Sword of Samurai Cat, and Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies. The sixth and final installment in the series, Samurai Cat Goes to Hell, was recently published by TOR. His other books include The Dead, Zorachus, The Nightmare of God, The Expected One, The Devouring Void, and The Riddled Man. One of his novellas, The Runestone, was made into a movie; and The Dead is presently under development as a feature film---with a screenplay by Mark---at KNB-EFX. Mark's work has been adapted by Marvel comics, and has appeared on the cover of Cricket Magazine; he's published three art portfolios, and a collection of his pin-up paintings, Nothing But A Smile, is due in mid-2000 from Xenophile Books. Mark lives in Newark, Delaware, with his wife Kate---a philosophy professor at the U of D---and their four lovely kids, Sophie, Jeannie, Patrick, and Nick.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Infinity Publishing.com (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0741405946
• ISBN-13: 978-0741405944
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,272,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rocket into the pit of hell continues where book 1 ended, June 20, 2003

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Deva Winblood (Lake CIty, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jagutai and Lilitu (Zancharthus, Book 2) (Paperback)

If you have made it to this book then hopefully you have read Blood & Pearls which is the book before this one. This book continues right where that one left off. Our characters are all embroiled in the steaming cesspool that is Khymir. Mark E. Rogers portrays and evil society better than anyone I have ever read. His evil society and the people in it and the depraved things they do make the evil people in contemporary fantasy look tame in comparison. Mr. Rogers will shock you with his style of Dark Fantasy which melds Fantasy, Horror, and Erotica all into a hot and steaming series of books. This book is fantastic and will be difficult to put down without reading it from cover to cover in a single sitting.

So, if you have read Blood & Pearls then you definately want to read this. The story is not finished. You still MUST read the rest of the story. The evil of Khymir still has mysteries which you have yet to have heard.

This book as with the others is intended for mature audiences only. I would rate it an NC-17 rating in terms of who should read it. Aside from that word of caution it is a great read!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read ..., but not for the kiddies, June 27, 2001

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Richard Staats (McLean, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jagutai and Lilitu (Zancharthus, Book 2) (Paperback)

The author hits the mark again in this second book of the Pre-Zorachus trilogy. This book focuses on Jagutai and Lilitu, and how Jagutai is sent back to Khymir by his father, the great Khan.

Mark Rogers takes on "forbidden" themes with such gusto, that the reader cannot help being swept along with the prose. My one caveat is that this is not for the under 18 crowd.

I especially enjoyed the author's explanations for how magic works in his world.

It was a striking blow for women's equality when the pregnant woman in labor protects her husband, defeats the maurauding demons, and delivers a happy, bouncing baby boy.

Buy this book today!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a real gem, May 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Jagutai and Lilitu (Zancharthus, Book 2) (Paperback)

"Jagutai and Lilitu" is the second book of the best fantasy series you're never read. The first book of the series is "Blood and Pearls", and the second volume relies heavily on the first; I would recommending reading them in order.

If you think fantasy is strictly for kids, this series will change your mind. In Rogers's books, you won't read about the magical elf and his dwarf buddies who go into the enchanted forest to find the dragon's gold. Rogers isn't afraid to get graphic with sex and violence, and the villians are spine-chilling and unsettling. There is some cheeky humor, and some of the circumstances are so demented you can't help laughing at them in retrospect (an orgy of demonically possessed pigs? how does he come up with this stuff?), but the tone is kept morbid and dark. Think of it as light on the Terry Brooks, and heavy on the David Lynch.

As a sequel, this book works brilliantly. The characters are great and Rogers defines them more thoroughly, especially the two who inspire the title. The plot is a thick, twisting rope of theology, politics, and finance. It's smart, it doesn't slow down, and you can feel the stark fatalism closing in for the kill in part three.

I can't wait to read the third volume, and I'm equally excited to see what Rogers does in the future. Mark E. Rogers is an independent author, and his work is so far outside the mainstream, it is really quite refreshing. If you're looking to try something new, definately check out the first volume of the series, "Blood and Pearls". From there, it only gets better.