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Im London des Jahres 1666 wird ein unheimliches Schattenwesen für eine fürchterliche Mordserie verantwortlich gemacht. Als die beiden Unsterblichen Andrej Delãny und Abu Dun dem Feind auf die Spur kommen, verstricken sie sich selbst immer tiefer in den Netzen des Bösen. Da bricht ein Feuer aus, das ganz London zu verschlingen droht ...

446 pages, Hardcover

First published December 8, 2011

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Wolfgang Hohlbein

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Wolfgang Hohlbein is a German author of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband. She often comes up with the story ideas and therefore is generally credited as co-author. Their daughter, Rebecca, is also a writer.

Writing short stories since age 15, Hohlbein was first recognized as an author after sending in a manuscript he and his wife had written at a fantasy and science fiction writing contest in 1982. They won and their book, Märchenmond (English title: "Magic Moon"), was published by Ueberreuter Publishing, soon becoming a bestseller and winning several awards. It is one of their greatest successes till today.

Many of his more than 200 books are translated and published in many European countries as well as in South Korea. Yet for many years none of his works had been translated into English. In 2006, Magic Moon was translated into English and published in the United States.

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258 reviews1 follower
July 4, 2010
Like most books of Hohlbein, this was a pageturner again. Even as I don't like the typical Hohlbein style - I've simply read too many of his books and too often about things, which were suddenly realised by the main character without any explanation what and why exactly they were realised -, this was a nice read again. Also I want to know more about the fate of Andrej Delany, and then I'm thankful for vampyres, who do not sparkle. :-P
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December 9, 2025
Glut und Asche ist ein weiterer kraftvoller Band der Chronik der Unsterblichen, und als treuer Hohlbein-Leser verschlinge ich auch diesen elften Teil immer wieder. Diese Reihe begleitet mich seit Jahren, und Hohlbeins Fähigkeit, Dunkelheit, Emotion und Mythos miteinander zu verweben, beeindruckt mich jedes Mal aufs Neue. Er bleibt für mich einer der ganz großen Autoren – unverwechselbar im Ton, kompromisslos in der Atmosphäre.

In Glut und Asche geraten Andrej und Frederic in einen Konflikt, der sie mitten in ein vom Krieg verheertes Land führt. Städte liegen in Trümmern, Menschen kämpfen ums Überleben, und überall brodelt der Hass. Doch zwischen den Ruinen lauert etwas, das älter und gefährlicher ist als jeder Kriegsherr. Besonders spannend finde ich, wie Hohlbein hier mit dem Thema Schuld und Sühne spielt – Andrejs Vergangenheit holt ihn ein, und Frederics unheimliche Kräfte werden immer schwerer zu kontrollieren.

Die Stimmung ist rau, traurig und gleichzeitig voller Energie. Ich liebe diese Mischung aus Verzweiflung, Hoffnungsschimmern und übernatürlicher Bedrohung. Glut und Asche ist emotional, düster und durch und durch Hohlbein – ein weiterer großartiger Teil einer Reihe, die mich seit Jahren nicht loslässt.
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112 reviews2 followers
August 28, 2015
as i am an idiot in times and get carried away by the backside of a book i read that one, without knowing what i do or checking if its a series or not.
and that book belongs to a 15 book series....
which i didnt know...so of course, instead of enjoying the book i was rather confused of the way it seemed so certain to have to know the characters....over all..i cant truly rate that book so i give it 3 stars...
as i do plan on getting the other books too i might re-rate that all once i read it all ;)
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