{"id":256,"date":"2012-07-02T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stoneskin.wpengine.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2017-05-02T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T21:47:55","slug":"the-new-hero-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stoneskinpress.com\/index.php\/the-new-hero-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Hero: Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

Every generation fits the time-honored constants of the hero tale to its own needs. Today\u2019s serial adventurers, whether they burst from re-envisioned histories or ply the humming foredecks of an imagined future, ride a cresting cultural wave. Through thirteen thrilling stories of threatened identity and vanquished disorder, The New Hero 2\u2019s diverse cast of top writers slices, dices and recombines the limits of the form.<\/p>\n

Plunge into danger alongside their unforgettable problem-smashers, from a feminist painter-mercenary to a spacefaring bad-ass, from steampunk cowgirls to a mutant paladin of the semiotic apocalypse. Hunt monsters churned up in the wake of the crusades. Plumb occult secrets on Chicago\u2019s meanest streets. Crack wise with hardboiled sword-slingers. Succor lost souls on the soft shores of Limbo.<\/p>\n

Grab camera, medkit or mystic tome and rush to your rendezvous with the heroes of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Mapping genre\u2019s shifting borderlands are:<\/p>\n

Alex BLEDSOE<\/strong> \u2022 Emily Care BOSS<\/strong> \u2022 Jennifer BROZEK<\/strong> \u2022 Tobias BUCKELL \u2022 <\/strong>Jesse BULLINGTON<\/strong> \u2022 Matt FORBECK<\/strong> \u2022 Robin D. LAWS<\/strong> \u2022 Will HINDMARCH<\/strong> \u2022 Jean RABE<\/strong> \u2022 Christina STILES<\/strong> \u2022 Greg STOLZE<\/strong> \u2022 James L. SUTTER<\/strong> \u2022 John Scott TYNES<\/strong> \u2022 James WALLIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publication Date<\/strong>: 29 Nov 2012
\nISBN-13<\/strong>: 9781908983039
\nPrice<\/strong>: \u00a38.99
\nFormat<\/strong>: B Format – 198x129mm
\nBinding<\/strong>: Paperback
\nExtent<\/strong>: 285 pages
\nebook<\/strong>: Available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every generation fits the time-honored constants of the hero tale to its own needs. Today\u2019s serial adventurers, whether they burst from re-envisioned histories or ply the humming foredecks of an imagined future, ride a cresting cultural wave. Through thirteen thrilling…<\/span><\/p>\n

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