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02233aam a2200277 i 4500 001 A8127DDE81CC11E4B6114A83DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 140714s2014 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014017211 020 $a 1451696795 (trade pbk.) 020 $a 9781451696790 (trade pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)883836227 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d OCLCO $d JOY $d IWP $d SILO 100 1 $a Somers, Jeff, $d 1971- 245 10 $a We are not good people / $c Jeff Somers. 250 $a First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Gallery Books, $c 2014. 300 $a 514 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 0 $a Ustari cycle ; $v 1. 520 $a "The ethics in a world of blood are gray--and an underground strata of blood magicians has been engineering disasters for centuries in order to acquire enough fuel for their spells. They are not good people. Some practitioners, however, use the Words and a swipe of the blade to cast simpler spells, such as Charms and Cantrips to gas up one dollar bills so they appear to be twenty dollar bills. Lem Vonnegan and his sidekick Mags fall into this level of mage, hustlers and con men all. Lem tries to be ethical by using only his own blood, by not using Bleeders or "volunteers." But it makes life hard. Soon they might have to get honest work. When the pair encounters a girl who's been kidnapped and marked up with magic runes for a ritual spell, it's clear they're in over their heads. Turning to Lem's estranged master for help, they are told that not only is the girl's life all but forfeit, but that the world's preeminent mage, Mika Renar, has earth-shattering plans for her-- and Lem just got in the way. With the fate of the world on the line, and Lem both spooked and intrigued by the mysterious girl, the other nominates him to become the huckleberry who'll take down Renar. But even if he, Mags, and the simpletons who follow him prevail, they're dealing with the kind of power that doesn't understand defeat, or mercy."--Amazon.com 650 0 $a Magic $x Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20210713012630.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A8127DDE81CC11E4B6114A83DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search