Queen of Wands

by Ringo, John

• ISBN13: 9781451637892
• ISBN10: 1451637896
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-07
• Publisher: Baen

Summary

Soccer mom and demon fighter Barabara Everette is back in this intricately interwoven monster noir thriller, the sequel to bestselling Princess of Wands by eight times New York Times best-seller, John Ringo. Barbara Everette has a problem. It seems Janea, Barbara's assistant and The Foundation for Love and Universal Faith's best operative, has been thrown into a coma by some very nasty magic she's stirred up. Barbara must track down the perpetrators and break the spell or Janea's soul will be forever lost on the astral plane. Oh, and if she can't break the spell, zombies will destroy all mankind. Meanwhile, Janea, a high-dollar call girl, stripper and High Priestess of Freya when she isn't fighting demons, must contend with a spiritual journey of her own. It's a journey into Janea's acceptance of herself in all her dimensions (and what dimensions they are!). Where to locate one's true inner essence? At a science fiction convention, of course. But when rescuers pursue Janea into her vision of a geeky alternate reality, we find this is one science fiction convention where the Guest of Honor could turn out to be Death Himself. Finally, the Christian soccer mom and the Norse priestess stripper face their greatest challenge ever when an ancient Old One rears Her ugly face, and the Mother of Darkness walks among us. Since this is one Mother who is quite immune to any conventional power, including nuclear weapons, it seems humanity's only hope is God. The question being: Is God willing to save humanity? Fortunately for the rest of us, Barbara and Janea are determined to fight to the last ounce of faith to find out. About Princess of Wands: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will appreciate Barbara Everett, a Mississippi soccer mom who discovers…that there are things undreamed of in the PTA handbook." Publishers Weekly About John Ringo: "[O]ne of the best…practitioners. . .of military SF." Publishers Weekly "[F]ast-paced military SF peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse" Library Journal "[Ringo's work] "attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas…" Publishers Weekly "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." Philadelphia Weekly Press

Author Biography

Multiple USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller John Ringo is the creator of the landmark Posleen Wars military science fiction series which includes blockbuster When the Devil Dances, stand-alone near-future technothriller The Last Centurion, the Ghost military action-adventure novels, and the award-winning Troy Rising series. Ringo is also the coauthor of several series including the popular Prince Roger SF saga with David Weber. A veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.