Description: Praise for D'Arc "Fantastic...Well-drawn characters and emotional heft are hallmarks of this unusual series about the power of myth, love, and redemption in a dangerous time." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review "From Cordwainer Smith's Underpeople to David Brin's Uplifted dolphins; from Puss in Boots to Brian Jacques's Redwall , science fiction and fantasy are replete with sentient beasts, some more humanized than others. But there has never been another series with quite the punch and heft of RobertRepino'sWar With No Namesaga. Its visceral palpability, hypnotic fatedness, and emotional gravitas make it the War and Peace of beast fables. The latest installment, D'Arc , carries forward the future history of this posthuman world with searing action, unexpected twists and brilliant new characters. Think MargaretAtwoodcrossed with Robert Stone, and you are maybe halfway toRepino's virtues." --Paul Di Filippo, author of Lost Among the Stars , Ribofunk and A Mouthful of Tongues , among others "Think The Fantastic Mr. Fox, with advanced weaponry. Charlotte's Web, with armed combat. The Wind in the Willows, with machetes. D'Arc is all thisand way more besides. Weavingtogether threads from dozens of ideas, Robert Repino tops his Mort(e) withan epic allegoryat once strange, frightening, funny, and altogether remarkable. Repino'sdog, cat, and beaver soldiers are nakedly real, as honest as any characters in modern fiction. As horrible as it may sound, may The War With No Name never end." --Corey Redekop, author of Husk "The War With No Name series isn't quite a parable, nor does it rely on its novel concept to break ground. These books, intellectual yet elusive, brutal yet tender, imagine what would happen if the natural order of our world were to be fundamentally disrupted. D'Arc in particular takes Repino's conceit to its next stage of evolution. Herein, ocean beasts rise from the deep in search of war, giant spiders terrorize assiduous beavers, animals and humans are in the thick of a battle not just for dominion, but extermination. It is for these reasons and more that I get so excited when I see another entry in the series approaching the shelves. Repino isn't just one of the best writers of his generation, he's one of the most exciting, brave, and unexpected. D'Arc won't just delight your senses, it will change the way you think about storytelling." --Samuel Sattin, author of Legend and The Silent End Praise for the War With No Name series " Mort(e) is complex, beguiling, and often bloody . . . [An] utterly absorbing debut." -- The Boston Globe " Mort(e) catapults the reader into a wild, apocalyptic world . . . A strangely moving story." -- The Washington Post "Marvelously droll . . . This novel is all kinds of crazy, but it wears its crazy so well." --Slate "An epic science-fiction thriller . . . Mort(e) will stick with you long after you close the pages." --Tor.com "Read this novel and you will never look at your pet the same way again." --Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse and Robogenesis

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