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Brian Duffy, aging soldier of fortune, had been hired in Venice by a strange old man who called himself Aurelianus Ambrosius. He was supposed to go to Vienna and act as bouncer at an inn where the fabulous Herzwesten beer was brewed. That was clear enough. But why was he guided and guarded on the trip by creatures from the ancient legends? Why should he be attacked by ifrits and saved by mythical dwarfs? What was so important about the Herzwesten beer to the Fisher King -- whoever he was? Why was Duffy plagued by visions of a sword and an arm rising from a lake? And what had a bunch of drunken, ancient Vikings to do with it all? Then there was no time for speculation as Vienna was besieged by the Turkish armies of Suleiman. Duffy found himself drawn into a war of desperation and magic. It was up to him to preserve the West until the drawing of the Dark.… (más)
Brian Duffy, un soldado de fortuna, es contratado para actuar de guardián en una taberna de Viena, en la que se fabrica la fabulosa cerveza Herzwesten. Sin embargo, hay algo extraño en todo ello: ha sido guiado allí por criaturas de las antiguas leyendas que pretenden que él es el paladín de Occidente. Esencia oscura es el título con el que Tim Powers empezó a labrarse la reputación de maestro de la fantasía histórica. En ella, mezcla con su coctelera particular los mitos del Rey Pescador, el ciclo artúrico y diversas leyendas árabes, sitúa la trama en el escenario del asedio de Viena por parte de los turcos, la condimenta con la presencia un grupo de vikingos y obtiene de todo ello una de sus inimitables novelas.
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If we Christians have our beer,
Nothing's to fear.
- Sir William Ashbless
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To Dorothea Kenny For measures aid and advice, and, once again, to my parents, Noel and Richard Powers
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With almost ludicrous care the old man carried the pitcher of beer across the sunlit room toward the still older man who reclined propped up in a bed by the window.
Citas
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From the southeast the Turkish cannons began firing, but the wind blew most of the sound away, and to Merlin it sounded like nothing but plodding footsteps receding away in the distance.
Brian Duffy, aging soldier of fortune, had been hired in Venice by a strange old man who called himself Aurelianus Ambrosius. He was supposed to go to Vienna and act as bouncer at an inn where the fabulous Herzwesten beer was brewed. That was clear enough. But why was he guided and guarded on the trip by creatures from the ancient legends? Why should he be attacked by ifrits and saved by mythical dwarfs? What was so important about the Herzwesten beer to the Fisher King -- whoever he was? Why was Duffy plagued by visions of a sword and an arm rising from a lake? And what had a bunch of drunken, ancient Vikings to do with it all? Then there was no time for speculation as Vienna was besieged by the Turkish armies of Suleiman. Duffy found himself drawn into a war of desperation and magic. It was up to him to preserve the West until the drawing of the Dark.
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