I am happy to report I have just pre-ordered my copy of the Subterranean Press limited edition of Tim Powers‘ new book. (Not the lettered one–I’m a rabid Powers fanboy, but not to the tune of $600US. Maybe if they double my salary.)
Ordering of the book by the general public (I am so a laminate, sweetie) will open soon, so watch the Subterranean press site. (I got my copy of the Declare limited from them as well, and that book sold out long before they printed it. Actually, I have the entire Subterranean Press Powers output, along with a lot of other Subterranean stuff–I probably spend more with them than any of the other small presses I deal with.)
Here’s the short description of the forthcoming THREE DAYS TO NEVER :
When 12-year-old Daphne Marrity steals a videotape of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure from her grandmother’s house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank Marrity, have any idea that the theft has drawn the attention of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European organization of occultists — or that within hours they’ll be visited by her long-lost grandfather, who also wants that videotape.
And when Daphne’s teddy bear is stolen, and a blind assassin nearly kills her father, and a phantom begins to speak to her from a switched-off television set, Daphne and her father find themselves running for their lives through a southern California in which magic and the undead past are dangers as great as the guns of living assassins.
From ancient prophesies about Israel to the secret lives of Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein, this breathtaking novel throws a suburban father and daughter into the midst of an ancient supernatural battle.
