Endurance

Jay Lake

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Green is back in Copper Downs. Purchased from her father in sunny Selistan when she was four years old, she was harshly raised to be a courtesan, companion, and bedmate of the Immortal Duke of Copper Downs. But Green rebelled. Green killed the Duke, and many others, and won her freedom. Yet she is still claimed by the gods and goddesses of her world, and they still require her service. Their demands are greater than any duke’s could have been.

Godslayers have come to the Stone Coast, magicians whose cult is dedicated to destroying the many gods of Green’s world. In the turmoil following the Immortal Duke’s murder, Green made a God out of her power and her memories. Now the gods turn to her to protect them from the Slayers.

Jay Lake brings us an epic fantasy not "in the tradition of Tolkien," but, instead, sensual, ominous, shot through with the sweat of fear and the intoxication of power.

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Praise for Green:

"Lush fantasy filled with exotic locales and exquisite descriptions…. The story is nicely powered by strong mythic undertones and a fresh take on the relationship between gods and mortals."
--Publishers Weekly

"A fascinating, difficult character, Green lives in a remarkable world, in which gods walk the earth, and not all people are human. Lake’s world-building is stellar."
--Booklist

"The richness of [Lake's] rendering of urban life as tapestry is genuinely irresistible."
--John Clute, Washington Post Book World

"Running with Green over the city's gilded rooftops, plunging through sewers with her to confront a skinless avatar of the God of Pain, readers will feel the exhilaration of freedom deeply prized, unceasingly sought, and hard-won."
--Seattle Times (Tiptree Award-winning author Nisi Shawl)

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ENDURANCE by Jay LakeKirkus Book Reviews
Read the Kirkus Review of ENDURANCE . Gritty sequel to Lake's steampunk-fantasy <em>Green<em> (2009), wherein the eponymous hero, sold as a child, trained as a courtesan and schooled as an assassin, killed one god and gave birth to another.
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William  rated it  
Nov 26, 2011
Endurance by Jay Lake

This is one of those butt kicking female protagonist stories I enjoy so much. Green is a god ridden sell sword seemingly bent on self destruction.

This book stood alone quite well. I do want to read Green now though, the precursor to this book. This was ...more
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Cate  rated it  
Dec 14, 2011
There are a few things I really love about Jay Lake's work--his prose, worldbuilding, and character arcs--all of which are present in Endurance. Once again Green gets herself entangled in the affairs of the gods, and despite her best efforts to hack and slash and theorize her way free, she only ends ...more
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Jessica  rated it  
Dec 5, 2011
I enjoyed this book immensely, although the first book, Green, was by far my favorite of the two. Endurance has just as much detail, action, and unique characters as Green, yet it is somewhat lacking in the passion, strength and overall decadent display of various emotions that makes up Green herse ...more
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JAY LAKE lives and works in Portland, Oregon, within sight of an 11,000 foot volcano. He is the author of over two hundred short stories, four collections, and a chapbook, along with ten novels. In 2004, Lake won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has also been a Hugo nominee for his short fiction and a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee for his editing.

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Endurance
Jay Lake

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
November 2011
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ISBN: 9780765326768
ISBN10: 0765326760
6 1/8 x 9-1/4 inches, 320 pages
$26.99
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