Bel Dame Apocrypha Book 2

Infidel

An action packed, high concept, far future thriller from the Hugo award winning author of the Worldbreaker Saga Series and The Stars are Legion

Infidel is a well thought-out and intelligent novel, which asks a number of questions and refuses to present easy answers.

Readers who enjoyed God's War will not be disappointed by Infidel...  I highly recommend it.

Hurley's world-building, vivid and blissfully free of infodumps and expository lumps, was one of the great strengths of God's War, and it's a pleasure to return to the fascinating and messed-up world she created -- one especially enjoyable for its ethnically diverse cast and freewheeling remixes of traditional gender roles.

...Kameron Hurley is worth investing in... this is ground breaking work and should be recognized...

Kameron Hurley is the award-winning, Nebula nominated author of God's War, Infidel, and Rapture. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Year's Best SF 12, and EscapePod, among others. Visit kameronhurley.com for more. Her first novel, GOD'S WAR, has won The Kitschies Gold Tentacle Award for Best Début, a British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer, and has been nominated for The Arthur C. Clarke Award and British Science Fiction Award.

'Huryley's world-building is phenomenal . . . highly engaging' Publishers Weekly 
 
The second instalment of the Bel Dame Apocrypha trilogy from Hugo-award winner Kameron Hurley 
 
No matter where you go, the Bel Dames will find you 
 
Nyx used to be an assassin, part of the sisterhood of the Bel Dames. Now she's babysitting diplomats to make ends meet and longs for the days when killing was a lot more honorable. So, when her former 'sisters' lead a coup against the government, she's the perfect choice to stop them. 
 
In a rotten nation of giant bugs and renegade shape shifters, Nyx must forge unlikely allies and rekindle old acquaintances if she is to survive. Otherwise, this time, the bodies she leaves scattered across the continent may include her own... 
 
***** 
 
Make sure you've read the rest of the series: 
1. God's War 
2. Infidel 
3. Rapture

Bel Dame Apocrypha Book 1

God's War

An action packed, far future thriller from Hugo-award winning author Kameron Hurley

A fast-paced thriller full of brutal action and vivid characters ... we’ll be surprised if you find a ballsier and more fun SF novel this year.

Kameron Hurley's a brave, unflinching, truly original writer with a unique vision - her fiction burns right through your brain and your heart.

Hurley's world-building is phenomenal... [she] smoothly handles tricky themes such as race, class, religion, and gender without sacrificing action.

An aggressively dark, highly original SF-fantasy novel with tight, cutting prose and some of the most inventive world-building I've seen in a while.

Kameron Hurley currently works as a marketing and advertising writer in Ohio. Having grown up in and around Washington State. Today Kameron lives a comparatively boring life sustained by Coke Zero, Chipotle, low-carb cooking, and lots of words. Her first novel, GOD'S WAR, has won The Kitschies Gold Tentacle Award for Best Début, a British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer, and has been nominated for The Arthur C. Clarke Award and British Science Fiction Award.

'Hurley's world-building is phenomenal . . . highly engaging' Publishers Weekly 
 
The first instalment of the action-packed Bel Dame Apocrypha trilogy - perfect for fans of Becky Chambers and N. K. Jemisin 
 
Nyx is a bel dame, a bounty hunter paid to collect the heads of deserters - by almost any means necessary. 
 
'Almost' proved to be the problem. 
 
Cast out and imprisoned for breaking one rule too many, Nyx and her crew of mercenaries are all about the money. But when a dubious government deal with an alien emissary goes awry, her name is at the top of the list for a covert recovery. 
 
While the centuries-long war rages on only one thing is certain: the world's best chance for peace rests in the hands of its most ruthless killers. . . 
 
***** 
 
Make sure you've read the rest of the series: 
1. God's War 
2. Infidel 
3. Rapture

Kameron Hurley

Kameron Hurley is ferociously imaginative - with an emphasis on ferocious. She writes novels that are smart, dark, visceral and wonderfully, hectically entertaining.

Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls

Edge-of-the-seat action set within a strange and alien world that's the mutant child of Frank Herbert and Roger Zelazny. At her best, Hurley's work rivals that of Gene Wolfe, and it burns like a drug in the mind long after you've finished it.

David J. Williams, author of The Mirrored Heavens

Bel Dame Apocrypha Book 3

'Hurley's world-building is phenomenal . . . highly engaging' Publishers Weekly 
 
The final instalment of the Bel Dame Apocrypha trilogy from Hugo-award winner Kameron Hurley 
 
Nyx is back, alongside the bel dame sisterhood of assassins. 
 
Although the centuries-long war is over, civil unrest is rife, and the fate of one kidnapped politician could be the catalyst for a bloody regime change. 
 
With aliens in the sky and a hint of revolution in the air, Nyx and her team of mutant shape-shifters, torturers and bio-tech magicians have a new mission: save a life to save a country. 
 
***** 
 
Make sure you've read the rest of the series: 
1. God's War 
2. Infidel 
3. Rapture

Kameron Hurley

Praise for Rapture

Kameron Hurley is ferociously imaginative - with an emphasis on ferocious. She writes novels that are smart, dark, visceral and wonderfully, hectically entertaining.

Edge-of-the-seat action set within a strange and alien world that's the mutant child of Frank Herbert and Roger Zelazny. At her best, Hurley's work rivals that of Gene Wolfe, and it burns like a drug in the mind lon ...

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