Grave Importance: A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel, cartea 3
Autor Vivian Shawen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2019
A
charmingly
witty
fantasy
adventure
in
the
world
ofStrange
Practice,
starring
Dr.
Greta
Helsing,
doctor
to
the
undead,
who
must
solve
a
dangerous
medical
mystery
at
a
secret
French
spa
for
mummies.
Oasis
Natrun:
a
private,
exclusive,
highly
secret
luxury
health
spa
for
mummies,
high
in
the
hills
above
Marseille,
equipped
with
the
very
latest
in
therapeutic
innovations
both
magical
and
medical.
To
Dr.
Greta
Helsing,
London's
de
facto
mummy
specialist,
it
sounds
like
paradise.
But
when
Greta
is
invited
to
spend
four
months
there
as
the
interim
clinical
director,
it
isn't
long
before
she
finds
herself
faced
with
a
medical
mystery
that
will
take
all
her
diagnostic
skill
to
solve.
A
peculiar
complaint
is
spreading
among
her
mummy
patients,
one
she's
never
seen
before.
With
help
from
her
friends
and
colleagues
--
including
Dr.
Faust
(yes,
that
Dr.
Faust),
remedial
psychopomps,
a
sleepy
scribe-god,
witches,
demons,
a
British
Museum
curator,
and
the
inimitable
vampyre
Sir
Francis
Varney
--
Greta
must
put
a
stop
to
this
mysterious
illness
before
anybody
else
crumbles
to
irreparable
dust...
...and
before
the
fabric
of
reality
itself
can
undergo
any
more
structural
damage.
Grave
Importanceis
the
third
Dr.
Greta
Helsing
Novel
-
perfect
for
fans
ofNeverwhereand
V.
E.
Schwab.
Dr.
Greta
Helsing
novels
Strange
Practice
Dreadful
Company
Grave
Importance
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316434652
ISBN-10: 0316434655
Pagini: 320
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel
ISBN-10: 0316434655
Pagini: 320
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel
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Notă biografică
Vivian
Shaw
was
born
in
Kenya
and
spent
her
early
childhood
at
home
in
England
before
relocating
to
the
US
at
the
age
of
seven.
She
has
a
BA
in
art
history
and
an
MFA
in
creative
writing,
and
has
worked
in
academic
publishing
and
development
while
researching
everything
from
the
history
of
spaceflight
to
supernatural
physiology.
In
her
spare
time,
she
writes
fan
fiction
under
the
name
of
Coldhope.
Recenzii
"In
Vivian
Shaw'sStrange
Practice,a
charmingly
unusual
doctor
and
her
charges
keep
the
city
of
London
from
grave
danger.
In
the
process,
they
peel
back
the
covers
of
familiar
(and
according
to
them,
somewhat
"libelous")
stories
to
find
that
reality
-
especially
with
the
undead
-
is
more
poignant
and
complex
than
it
seems
at
first
glance.An
excellent
adventure."—Fran
Wilde,
award-winning
author
of
Updraft,
Cloudbound,
and
Horizon,
on
Strange
Practice
"Strange Practiceis written with elegance, wit, and compassion. The prose is gorgeous, the wit is mordant, and the ideas are provocative. Also, there are ghouls."—Laura Amy Schlitz, Newbery Medal winner, on Strange Practice
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters--giveStrange Practicea shot!"—Elliott James, author of Charming, on Strange Practice
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine.Strange Practicebreathes new life into the undead."—James Bennett, author of Chasing Embers, on Strange Practice
"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition ofGood OmensandA Night in the Lonesome October."—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author, on Strange Practice
"Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters. These are not your mother's Dracula or demons ...Strange Practiceis a super(natural) read."—Shelf Awareness on Strange Practice
"An appropriately dark breath of fresh air."—Booklist on Strange Practice
"Readers will look forward to more of Greta's adventures. An imaginative, delightfully droll debut."—Kirkus on Strange Practice
"A book to settle into. A warm quilt of a thing that's made for curling up with ... I miss this newest Helsing already."—NPR on Strange Practice
"This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice
"What a splendid adventure this is - Dr. Greta Helming is a brilliant character, world-weary doctor on-call at all hours, sorting out the ills of the undead and trying to run her Harley Street practice without drawing too much (or any) attention to her patients from the living world ... a splendid new urban fantasy series."—Espressococo on Strange Practice
"Strange Practicesurprises and delights. It's completely different from anything I've read before. It ticks so many boxes: action, mystery, suspense, an exciting and different world adjacent to our own to name but a few. But the greatest elements of the book are the characters. They shine."—The Bookbag on Strange Practice
"Enchanted me from the very first page ... I just couldn't put it down. When I say that there is nothing like this book out there, I mean it, and that's a damn good thing."—Book Worm Blues on Strange Practice
"Occasionally I can pick up a book, start to read and know within a couple of pages that I am going to be absolutely hooked.Strange Practiceis a splendid case in point. Vampires, demons, ghouls, supernatural cults and all manner of inexplicable jiggery-pokery. What's not to love? I can only hope Vivian Shaw writes many more Greta Helming novels ... I can tell you now that if she does write more I'll be first in line to read them."—The Eloquent Page on Strange Practice
"An absolute delight to read ... this is a remarkably well-realized world and cast of characters; it really isn't very long before you find yourself not only enjoying the story but the world demi-monde Greta moves in, a world where you can take the regular London Bus or Underground but which also has ghouls in the sewers, or Lord Ruthven in his Embankment House grand home."—Forbidden Planet on Strange Practice
"For a book filled with creatures who ironically want to suck your blood, by the end it is a radiantly positive, life-affirming tale that won me over surprisingly quickly and with effortless prose that simply engages the reader from the start ... But most of all, and perhaps surprisingly for a book filled with monsters,Strange Practicehas a lot of heart. The characters clearly care for each other and their mutual investment in each other's well-being leads to a book where you want to see that all is well. Vivian is to be commended for writing an entertaining book with characters that the reader will love -- even the undead!"—SFFWorld on Strange Practice
"Strange Practiceis written with elegance, wit, and compassion. The prose is gorgeous, the wit is mordant, and the ideas are provocative. Also, there are ghouls."—Laura Amy Schlitz, Newbery Medal winner, on Strange Practice
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters--giveStrange Practicea shot!"—Elliott James, author of Charming, on Strange Practice
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine.Strange Practicebreathes new life into the undead."—James Bennett, author of Chasing Embers, on Strange Practice
"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition ofGood OmensandA Night in the Lonesome October."—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author, on Strange Practice
"Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters. These are not your mother's Dracula or demons ...Strange Practiceis a super(natural) read."—Shelf Awareness on Strange Practice
"An appropriately dark breath of fresh air."—Booklist on Strange Practice
"Readers will look forward to more of Greta's adventures. An imaginative, delightfully droll debut."—Kirkus on Strange Practice
"A book to settle into. A warm quilt of a thing that's made for curling up with ... I miss this newest Helsing already."—NPR on Strange Practice
"This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice
"What a splendid adventure this is - Dr. Greta Helming is a brilliant character, world-weary doctor on-call at all hours, sorting out the ills of the undead and trying to run her Harley Street practice without drawing too much (or any) attention to her patients from the living world ... a splendid new urban fantasy series."—Espressococo on Strange Practice
"Strange Practicesurprises and delights. It's completely different from anything I've read before. It ticks so many boxes: action, mystery, suspense, an exciting and different world adjacent to our own to name but a few. But the greatest elements of the book are the characters. They shine."—The Bookbag on Strange Practice
"Enchanted me from the very first page ... I just couldn't put it down. When I say that there is nothing like this book out there, I mean it, and that's a damn good thing."—Book Worm Blues on Strange Practice
"Occasionally I can pick up a book, start to read and know within a couple of pages that I am going to be absolutely hooked.Strange Practiceis a splendid case in point. Vampires, demons, ghouls, supernatural cults and all manner of inexplicable jiggery-pokery. What's not to love? I can only hope Vivian Shaw writes many more Greta Helming novels ... I can tell you now that if she does write more I'll be first in line to read them."—The Eloquent Page on Strange Practice
"An absolute delight to read ... this is a remarkably well-realized world and cast of characters; it really isn't very long before you find yourself not only enjoying the story but the world demi-monde Greta moves in, a world where you can take the regular London Bus or Underground but which also has ghouls in the sewers, or Lord Ruthven in his Embankment House grand home."—Forbidden Planet on Strange Practice
"For a book filled with creatures who ironically want to suck your blood, by the end it is a radiantly positive, life-affirming tale that won me over surprisingly quickly and with effortless prose that simply engages the reader from the start ... But most of all, and perhaps surprisingly for a book filled with monsters,Strange Practicehas a lot of heart. The characters clearly care for each other and their mutual investment in each other's well-being leads to a book where you want to see that all is well. Vivian is to be commended for writing an entertaining book with characters that the reader will love -- even the undead!"—SFFWorld on Strange Practice