Christopher Buehlman (born 1969) is a novelist, comedian, playwright, and poet from St. Petersburg, Florida. Nightmare inducing dream sequences (leaving you and the characters of the book questioning reality). Dark, dark stuff. Hell unleashes the demons and Buehlman unleashes the suspense, horror and gore. A Knight-turned-theif/criminal meets a young girl orphaned by the plague. Together, they travel across a barren landscape filled with death and monsters of unbelievable proportions. A third man joins the quest, a wine-loving, disgraced Father who has homosexual proclivities. I really can't say anything further - because I went into the book with minimal knowledge and I was stunned by the quality of this tale. An instant re-read. Possibly one of my new favorites. Between Two Fires is a blend of historical fiction with fantasy and horror elements thrown in. I enjoyed the bleak look into 1348 when a plague has destroyed most of Europe. The author took the time to get a lot of the historical setting correct, and this went a long way for someone like me who, predominantly until last year, was solely a military history reader. In addition, the story itself is excellently told, with multiple perspectives without getting confusing and relatively original, in my opinion.

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First off, thanks to Ginger for moving the fire from "between" to under my butt to read this. (I'll see myself out). I Love the Dead: During his feast, the Pope invites his guests to partake in a "hunt" for some "stags" inside a forest of gold and silver trees, with the stags being women wearing nothing but horned masks that the hunters are free to have sex with. The women are actually undead, with many measures taken to hide the coldness and decay in their bodies.

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His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River , was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” ( California Literary Review ), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia Briggs). Now Christopher Buehlman invites readers into an even darker age—one of temptation and corruption, of war in heaven, and of hell on earth… Nelson, Samantha (2011-09-14). "Christopher Buehlman: Those Across The River". The AV Club . Retrieved 2016-08-03.

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Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Thomas and Marguerite's marriage ended up being this, at least for a while (although the "arranged" part is downplayed, because he asked her father and she agreed to the suit almost immediately once she saw him). Buehlman έχει μια ενδιαφέρουσα λίστα από βιβλία που κανέναν δεν μοιάζει με το άλλο, αλλά όλα όμως μοιράζονται μια κλίση προς το σκοτεινό και το βίαιο. Κάτι που επιβεβαίωνε αυτό το ευανάγνωστο κράμα μεσαιωνικού μυθιστορήματος με φανταστική λογοτεχνία που είχα ξεκινήσει να διαβάζω. Ο Buehlman μπορεί να αποπροσανατολίσει τον μέσο αναγνώστη: είναι άγνωστο από που εφορμά – του αρέσουν ο Άρχοντας των Δαχτυλιδιών; Ή μήπως προτιμά το Όνομα του Ρόδου; Η γραφή του και η προσέγγισή του μου θύμισε τον Ken Follet από το Pillars of the Earth, με αρκετή δόση προσεγμένου χιούμορ. Ή αυτό που εγώ προσλαμβάνω ως καλή αίσθηση της πραγματικότητας και του τσίρκου που αποκαλούμε ζωή. Ο μεσαίωνας του Buehlman είναι πραγματικά ζωντανός, η βρωμιά και η εξαθλίωση, ο μαύρος θάνατος που αποδεκατίζει σαν ραπανάκια τον πληθυσμό της Ευρώπης – μια ζοφερή πραγματικότητα που ο συγγραφέας παρουσιάζει με αξιοθαύμαστη λεπτομέρεια αλλά και εξόχως λεπτεπίλεπτη εγκράτεια. Η ερευνά του –οι σύντομες ευχαριστίες στο τέλος καλύπτουν ένα τεράστιο έυρος που καταμαρτυρά έναν πραγματικό ερευνητή και άνθρωπο με ποικίλα ενδιαφέροντα- είναι ενδελεχής αλλά εξυπηρετεί μόνο την υπόθεση. Κάπου σε όλη την ταραχή κλιμακώνεται η επικυριαρχία των έκπτωτων άγγελων επί της γης. Ένας ξεπεσμένος ιππότης και μια κοπελίτσα που φαίνεται να είναι κάτι παραπάνω από αυτό που δείχνει, ακολουθούν έναν ασαφή σκοπό για να σώσουν τον κόσμο. Αυτή είναι συνοπτικά η υπόθεση και αν θέλει κανείς παραπάνω να διαβάσει το βιβλίο.

Messianic Archetype: Delphine. Not only does she ultimately die to save humanity from the ravages of the plague and Hell's machinations, but she's strongly implied to functionally be Christ. Buehlman…slips effortlessly into a different kind of literary sensibility, one that doesn’t scrimp on earthy humor and lyrical writing in the face of unspeakable horrors.”* Review: Howls from the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror edited by P L McMillan and Solomon Forse". Cemetery Dance Online. 2022-05-12 . Retrieved 2023-05-28. The story revolves around the rebellion of human kind as tied in with Satan's rebellion and the perception of humans, angels and demons that God has withdrawn Himself and can be overthrown. The book ties up with this being disproved and with repentance and redemption. There is a view of Hell that owes more to Dante Alighieri than the Bible. There is a common misunderstanding of the Genesis story...but there is also a respect as a bottom line.