Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This event highlights our most-wanted upcoming releases!
Author: K. W. Jeter
Release Date: Oct. 30, 2011
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
WHY?
1) I love fairy tales.
2) The summary makes it sound as though there are going to be SO MANY fairy tales in one novel, and the mash-up sounds innovative and unique.
3) DEATH'S APPRENTICE sounds darker, and let's face it: The original fairy tales are a LOT darker than their Disney counterparts. This is one reason I loved the recent release of KILL ME SOFTLY by Sarah Cross so much. It was darker and based off of the original tales in a new way. I'm hoping for the same with DEATH'S APPRENTICE!
SUMMARY:
Forget about Once Upon a Time . . .
Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil's capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world.Death's seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead.
Based not only upon the Brothers Grimm well-known fairy tales, but also upon their "unknown" sagas and essays, DEATH'S APPRENTICE is the first novel to be based upon the entire Grimm canon. Such a comprehensive, in-depth adaptation of the works of the Brothers Grimm has never been published before.
Forget about Once Upon a Time . . .
Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil's capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world.Death's seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead.
Based not only upon the Brothers Grimm well-known fairy tales, but also upon their "unknown" sagas and essays, DEATH'S APPRENTICE is the first novel to be based upon the entire Grimm canon. Such a comprehensive, in-depth adaptation of the works of the Brothers Grimm has never been published before.
What are you anxiously waiting for this Wednesday?