Marian
Coman’s “Fingers and
other fantastic stories”, Dan Doboș’s
“The Abbey”, George Lazăr’s “The Guardian
Angel”, Ioana Vișan’s “Human Instincts” and “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet
for Drinks” and Snowdon King’s
(pseudonym of Ionuţ Caragea) “Uezen” are all Romanian speculative
fiction works available in English. But if all of these rang a bell for one
reason or another, the news of another Romanian writer being published in
English seemed to come out of nowhere. Out of nowhere for me, because I am
certain that there are plenty of people who are not as clueless or oblivious as
me to the debut of Şerban Andrei Mazilu.
“The Angellove Society: Crux” was
released last month by WheelMan Press in both physical and electronic editions,
it is the first installment in a trilogy and the debut novel of Şerban Andrei
Mazilu. The interesting thing about “The Angellove Society: Crux” is that the
novel is not available in Romanian and despite of a series of short stories
written so far by Şerban Andrei Mazilu he makes his full debut in English.
Nothing wrong with it, the Romanian book market is a very strange beast and the
speculative fiction niche stranger still. I can only wish him the best and
while doing so I am off to get me a copy of the novel and start reading it as
soon as possible.
Şerban Andrei Mazilu lives in Constanţa, was born on
11th February 1983 and he is a navy officer. He studied for two
years at the Romanian-Canadian University of Journalism in Brașov, the courses of the
Ovidius University in Constanţa, specializing in technical engineering and
welding, and between 2004 and 2009 he enrolled at the Maritime Academy, to
become a deck officer in the commercial navy. He
blogs at The Cat Factor.
“The
Angellove Society: Crux” might not be available in Romanian yet, but it will
have a book launch in Bucharest on 9th February at Trinity College
Pub where readers can meet the author, watch the book trailer in premiere and
get signed copies of the novel. More information about Şerban Andrei Mazilu’s
“The Angellove Society: Crux” can be found on the publisher’s website or on the book’s Facebook page.
The mysterious planet Crux suffers silently with a
terrible ancient curse. Holy entities and scheming lords of Hell manipulate
their children like pawns in an agonizingly long game of chess, while the first
Cherub Innanna, creator of the realm and savior of the Nephalem, is shackled
inside a pocket dimension in eternal exile. Meanwhile a savior – the mysterious
Nilithar - is summoned to Crux.
The events to follow haven’t caught only the attention
of the Cruxians, but the Angellove Society’s as well. The fabled group
investigates the ancient prophecy through Thomas and Andrew, a powerful
half-vampire and a mage of unthinkable potential, who travel across galaxies to
find the girl.
Forces beyond imagination will clash in an epic battle
of Light versus Darkness, as Crux changes not only its landscape, but its
inhabitants as well, and the strangest and most unlikely of heroes will rise and
stand against complete annihilation.
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