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St Louis, 1857. Dopo aver perso la sua flotta commerciale e ormai sull'orlo della bancarotta, il burbero capitano Abner Marsh accetta l'offerta di uno straniero bizzarro, Joshua York, che non solo si offre di rilevare metà delle quote della compagnia, ma anticipa anche il denaro per costruire un nuovo battello, il più lussuoso e veloce mai visto lungo il Mississippi, battezzato Fevre Dream. Poche le condizioni poste: non disturbare mai York durante il giorno ed eseguire sempre alla lettera i suoi ordini, per quanto insoliti, senza fare domande. Tutto sembra andare per il meglio. Ma, a mano a mano che il battello discende il tortuoso corso del fiume, Marsh si insospettisce sempre di più. Perché York si mostra soltanto di notte? E cos'è quel vino nerastro dall'aspetto disgustoso con cui lui e i suoi amici si dissetano ogni sera? Marsh decide di andare in fondo al mistero di Joshua York; ancora non sa di essersi unito a una spedizione più sinistra del suo peggiore incubo, e del più irrealizzabile sogno dell'umanità.
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- Pagine: 408
- Data di uscita: 10-10-2017
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Gosh, this vampire story was long and winded like the Mississippi it was set upon in 1857. Abner Marsh has a new business companion, a mysterious man named Joshua York. Together they buy a new steam boat, the Fevre Dream. Then we see Sour Billy and his master Damon Julian. They have overtaken a plan Leggi tutto
To enjoy this book, there are some things that I honestly believe that you must possess. 1. A love of steamboats, because goddamn does this book go on and on about steamboats. The main character, Abner Marsh, is a steamboat captain with an obsessive love of steamboats, and as is typical of Martin's
Abner March looks strangely like George R.R Martin. They are both overweight men. They both have long beards and wear sea captain’s hats. I’m not sure who came first. Perhaps Martin modelled the character off of his own appearance or perhaps he liked his creation so much that he was compelled to try Leggi tutto
The year is 1982 and while there have been a ton of traditional vampire novels floating about, the big twist in the vampire industry hasn't quite come about yet with Interview... or has it? Enter Fevre Dream, taking this our darkest mirror to our humanity and turning him into something tragic and no Leggi tutto
I almost gave up vampire fiction in the wake of Twilight . Stephenie Meyer wrote the novel to pander to a certain demographic without any familiarity or respect for classic vampire fiction of the past century. Unfortunately, the Twilight saga is very commercially successful and spawned many imitators Leggi tutto
Año 1857. La cuenca del Misisipi bulle de actividad: los vapores señorean sus aguas en feroz competencia. Cuando Joshua York le ofrece sacar a flote su naviera a cambio de unas pocas condiciones, sencillas aunque misteriosas, el capitán Marsh ve realizado su sueño: ser el patrón del vapor más rápido Leggi tutto
I believe all authors have a certain piece of work that sadly doesn't get its due credit. For George R.R. Martin , that book would most probably be Fevre Dream . I personally enjoyed this novel, and though preoccupied with a Transition Camp for medical school, I managed to finish it throughout my 2-nig Leggi tutto
Yet another interesting spin on the Vampire mythos, Fevre Dream is a delightfully atmospheric historical horror-drama. It skirts dangerously close to the boundary between Horror and Urban Fantasy, but it still manages to stir up some legitimate scares. This is George R.R. Martin, after all, and one
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