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As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave is unwillingly apprenticed to an ancient necromancer. Her tormentor has bound her with a curse forged from blood and spirit. But salvation could lie in arcane writings her tutor has hidden on the war-torn continent . . . Jesse Bullington casts his own macabre spell over the late middle ages in a work that becomes compulsive, amusing and horrifying in quick succession. Praise for Jesse Bullington's previous work includes: * 'Darkly funny, profane, erudite, bawdy, and wickedly original' Jeff VanderMeer * 'As the antithesis of conventional fantasy, this is a tour de force' Telegraph * 'A quite extraordinary piece ... one of the books of the year' SFRevu.com * 'Raucous, lewd, and grisly' Esquire
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The Enterprise of Death, Jesse Bullington
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- Released
- 2011
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jesse Bullington
- Publisher
- Orbit Books
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1841499129
- ISBN13
- 9781841499123
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Friendship, Horror, LGBTQ+, American Literature, Death, Science Fantasy, Witches, Historical Fantasy, Supernatural Horror, Cannibalism, Black Magic, 15th-16th Century, Necromancy, Sexual Deviations, Turn of the 15th and 16th Century
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- The Enterprise of Death
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave is unwillingly apprenticed to an ancient necromancer. Her tormentor has bound her with a curse forged from blood and spirit. But salvation could lie in arcane writings her tutor has hidden on the war-torn continent . . . Jesse Bullington casts his own macabre spell over the late middle ages in a work that becomes compulsive, amusing and horrifying in quick succession. Praise for Jesse Bullington's previous work includes: * 'Darkly funny, profane, erudite, bawdy, and wickedly original' Jeff VanderMeer * 'As the antithesis of conventional fantasy, this is a tour de force' Telegraph * 'A quite extraordinary piece ... one of the books of the year' SFRevu.com * 'Raucous, lewd, and grisly' Esquire