false 5151422 1 <P>In 1636, the last blood sorceress was burned at the stake. More than two hundred years later, her blood servant Jax has found her successor. Amanusa at first turns down the opportunity to learn what she perceives as an evil art. But she craves justice, and innocent blood cries out for justice.</P> <P>When Amanusa looses magic on those who’ve harmed her, she must flee for her life across a devastated Europe with Jax, who is inescapably bound to her by blood and magic. Their journey takes them through zones where everything—including magic—has died, zones populated with strange creatures cobbled together of things left behind by the dead.</P> <P>Needing each other for their very survival, Amanusa and Jax grow ever closer on their journey to discover answers – about magic, blood sorcery, the dead zones, and even love. </P> 5218418 book 3 3 2009 New Blood total:31|5:6|4:11|3:11|2:2|1:1| 31 112 121 11 3 4 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 21:07:06 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 17:27:37 -0800 2008 New Blood is my first steampunk. For those who don't know, steampunk is fiction involving an alternate vision of the Industrial Age (1800s), usually with more technology or, as in this case, the paranormal. Envision the 1800s if magic had been a fact of life. That's New Blood, perhaps the first stea...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:09:28 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:41:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 22 13:24:15 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:14:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 13:24:15 -0800 2008 1
Jax has been looking endlessly for the previous blood sorceress’s successor, one who would unleash the knowledge Yvaine had stored in his mind, the magic in his body.

Amanusa lost her family at a very young age, was raped and beate...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:30:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:22:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 19:24:29 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 19:34:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 18:39:46 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 18:49:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:26:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:29:23 -0700 2009
The cover is atrocious. I never in a million years would've bought this book if I weren't familiar with the author.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 23:29:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 23:34:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 15:15:31 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 15:18:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 19 08:03:51 -0800 2008 Wed May 06 08:17:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:16:50 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 25 13:16:44 -0800 2009 It's not my normal genre but still I found it very compelling.]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 16:44:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 16:44:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 26 18:20:59 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 23:42:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 13:53:14 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 13:53:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:40:48 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:40:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 12:46:08 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:46:08 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 19 15:46:05 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:46:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 04:33:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 04:34:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 06:34:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 06:34:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:07:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:07:42 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5151422