A WITHERSIN PRESS RELEASE

2010 Fantasy/Science Fiction Silver IPPY Award Winner

Author Mark Mellon

May 25, Providence nightclub, NYC.  Independent Publishers Book Award Ceremony.

 

“Mellon does an excellent job dropping the reader right into the action and right into his interesting world.”

-Adam Armstrong

http://withersin.com/review_byzantium.htm

 

“A short novel but very entertaining and packing enough to be fully satisfying.”

“5 of 5 stars”

-Liviu at GoodReads.com

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6895798-escape-from-byzantium

 

“Highly, highly recommended and a big positive surprise for me!”

Liviu Suciu

Mihir Wanchoo

Fantasy Book Critic.com

http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/10/escape-from-byzantium-by-mark-mellon.html

 

 

 

 

$13.00 USD

 

AVAILABLE

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Release date:

September 15, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESCAPE FROM BYZANTIUM

by Mark Mellon

cover by Nick Tripiciano

 

 

Simon Rosencreutz, a conscript officer in the Holy Army of the Revolution, wants nothing more than to escape from Zoorland, a strange, dangerous blend of revolutionary Russia and Iran.  Saved at the last second from imminent execution, promoted and transferred from the hazardous front to the seeming safety of Byzantium, Zoorland’s capital, Rosencreutz finds himself rescued from death by combat only to be trapped in a nightmare of intrigue and suspicion, a moral quicksand of deceit, coups, plots, and counter-plots. 

Rosencreutz must deal with strange, mysterious figures:  the beautiful and enigmatic Euzhenie Makarova, the preposterous, avant-garde artist Kokoshka, the austere, suspicious prelate Basileus Ulyanov, and, most sinister of all, his demanding commanding officer, General von der Goeltze.  Protection is offered, even friendship, but is it just for their own purposes?  And only to betray him in the end? 

  Beset with conspiracy on every side, uncertain who to trust, and in constant mortal peril, Rosencreutz can only rely on his keen wits, deadly aim, and iron nerve. 

Escape From Byzantium is a slam-bang action story, full of blood and thunder with a gangbuster climax that will leave you on the edge of your seat.