Darker Angels
by S. P. Somtow 
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As revolution sweeps over Haiti in 1803 a youthful American encounters Marie Laveau, future voodoo queen of New Orleans. Sixty years later a voodoo priest searching for the secrets of life and death conjures up long-dead spirits.Tags
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Somtow is one of the unsung masters of horror. Where else can you get an historical fiction novel of the civil war with guest spots from Lincoln, Whitman, Byron, a shaped shifting Panther woman, and Zombies galore all wrapped up in a symbolic statement to the horrors of war written by a Thai author.
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S. P. Somtow is a composer, film director, and author of over forty books His prolific output spans the genres of horror, science-fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and children's literature. His work has won or been nominated for dozens of major awards, including the John W. Campbell Award, the Locus, the Bram Stoker, the Hugo, and the World show more Fantasy Award He has written and directed two feature films -- The Laughing Dead and Ill met at Moonlight -- and will soon direct Timetwist from his own script. His epic ballet, Kaki, premiered as a Royal Command performance in Bangkok and he recently conducted the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra. Somtow -- otherwise known as the Secret Godfather of the New Age -- currently lurks somewhere in the bowels of Los Angeles show less
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- Canonical title
- Darker Angels
- Original publication date
- 1999-12-03
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3569 .U23 .D37 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- Languages
- English, German
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