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By Fire Above

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

By Fire Above is a rip-roaring new audiobook adventure from Robyn Bennis's military airship fantasy series that Patricia Briggs hails as "full of sass and terrific characters."
"All's fair in love and war," according to airship captain Josette Dupre, until her hometown of Durum becomes occupied by the enemy and her mother a prisoner of war. Then it becomes, "Nothing's fair except bombing those Vins to high hell."
Before she can rescue her town, however, Josette must maneuver her way through the nest of overstuffed vipers that make up Garnia's military and royal leaders in order to drum up support. The foppish and mostly tolerated Mistral crew member Lord Bernat steps in to advise her, along with his very attractive older brother.
Between noble scheming, under-trained recruits, and supply shortages, Josette and the crew of the Mistral figure out a way to return to Durum—only to discover that when the homefront turns into the frontlines, things are more dangerous than they seem.
Praise for By Fire Above:
"Marvelous, witty and action-packed steampunk with exquisite attention to detail. Bennis's writing is incredible, her vocabulary impressive, and she honest to God made me believe you could build an airship from spare parts."—New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Ann Aguirre

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 2, 2018
      Capt. Josette Dupre and the crew of the airship Mistral return (following 2017’s The Guns Above) in a more introspective study of the morality of war in a fantastical steampunk setting. Spending time in her nation’s capital city, Kuchin, to refurbish her doughty craft and provide a morale boost for the citizens, Dupre is forced to maneuver through social encounters as dangerous to her career as direct combat. Advised by her tagalong noble, Lord Bernat Hinkal, and his attractive older brother, Roland, Dupre survives a royal audience and goes on a mission to liberate her hometown from the occupying Vinzhalian army, only to find that the simple matter of battle is complicated by treason and mutiny. Bennis opens and closes with fierce combat sequences and layers in knotty questions about how to distinguish loyalty and romance from love, and balance obedience to superiors with duty to subordinates, all starkly highlighted by the life-or-death decisions forced on the characters. Readers will hear both the crackle of musket fire and the heartfelt cries of honest self-admission in this rich adventure.

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  • English

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