Tears of the Furies (A Novel of the Menagerie) (50 page)

Her hands caressed his face and Ceridwen climbed up onto the
chair he sat in, kneeling so that she was astride him. Hope and joy and sadness
swam in her eyes and she trembled as she bent to kiss him. Their lips brushed
only lightly at first, reacquainting themselves, and then she kissed him deep
and long.

His heart had seemed to stop before, and now it beat with
such speed and vigor he thought it would burst. His own hands trembled as they
slid over her back, tracing her body from the softness of her hair to the
extraordinary spot at the small of her back where his touch had always made her
shiver.

"Meanwhile," she whispered, drawing her face back
only inches from his, her profile illuminated in moonlight, her small breasts
still pressed into him. "Focus on me."

Ceridwen began to undo the buttons of his shirt.

Arthur decided that, for this evening at least, the world
would have to wait.

END

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the award-winning,
New York Times
bestselling author of such novels as
Of Saints and Shadows
,
The Myth
Hunters
,
The Boys Are Back in Town
, and
Strangewood
. He has
also written books for teens and young adults, including
Soulless
,
Poison
Ink
, and
The Secret Journeys of Jack London
, co-authored with Tim
Lebbon. His current work-in-progress is
Cemetery Girl
, a graphic novel
trilogy collaboration with Charlaine Harris.

A lifelong fan of the "team-up," Golden frequently
collaborates with other writers on books, comics, and scripts. He has
co-written three illustrated novels with Mike Mignola, the first of which,
Baltimore,
or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire
, was the launching pad for
the Eisner Award-nominated comic book series,
Baltimore
. With Thomas E.
Sniegoski, he is the co-author of the book series
Magic Zero
and
The
Menagerie
, as well as comic book miniseries such as
Talent
,
currently in development as a feature film. With Amber Benson, he co-created
the online animated series
Ghosts of Albion
for the BBC.

As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies
The
New Dead
,
The Monster's Corner
, and
British Invasion
, among
others, and has also written and co-written comic books, video games,
screenplays, and a network television pilot. Golden was born and raised in
Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His original novels have
been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world.
Please visit him at
http://www.ChristopherGolden.com
.

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THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI is a
New York Times
best-selling
author of books and comics for children, young adults and adults. He is the
writer of the New York Times best-selling
The Fallen: Vol. 1 & 2
, as
well as the popular urban fantasy books featuring angel turned private
investigator, Remy Chandler. He is also the only writer ever invited to work on
Jeff Smith’s international, award winning series Bone, working with Smith on
Bone:
Tall Tales
. Sniegoski has just finished writing the third in an original
Bone trilogy,
Bone: Quest for the Spark,
for Scholastic Books. The
newest addition to The Fallen series,
The Fallen: Forsaken
and the
latest Remy Chandler novel,
In the House of the Wicked,
was released in
August 2012.

CONNECT WITH THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI ONLINE

Official Website

https://www.sniegoski.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/TomSniegoski

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THE MENAGERIE

The Nimble Man
[w/Thomas E.
Sniegoski]

The Tears of Furies
[w/Thomas
E. Sniegoski]

Stones Unturned
[w/Thomas E. Sniegoski]

Crashing Paradise
[w/Thomas
E. Sniegoski]

THE BODY OF EVIDENCE SERIES

Body Bags

Thief of Hearts

Soul Survivor

Meets the Eye

Head Games

Skin Deep

Burning Bones
[w/ Rick
Hautala]

Brain Trust
[w/ Rick Hautala]

Last Breath
[w/ Rick Hautala]

Throat Culture
[w/ Rick
Hautala]

Strangewood

Straight On 'Til Morning

The Ferryman

The Boys Are Back in Town

Wildwood Road

The Secret Backs of Things

The Shell Collector

Bloodstained Oz
[w/James A.
Moore]

The Seven Whistlers
[w/Amber
Benson]

The Ocean Dark
[As Jack
Rogan]

The Collective
[As Jack
Rogan]

Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin
Soldier and the Vampire
[w/Mike Mignola]

Joe Golem and the Drowning City
[w/Mike Mignola]

Father Caetano's Puppet Catechism
[w/Mike Mignola]

SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH

Horseman
[w/Ford Lytle
Gilmore]

Drowned
[w/Ford Lytle
Gilmore]

Mischief
[w/Ford Lytle
Gilmore]

Enemies
[w/Ford Lytle
Gilmore]

THE VEIL

The Myth Hunters

The Borderkind

The Lost Ones

THE HIDDEN CITIES

Mind the Gap
[w/Tim Lebbon]

The Map of Moments
[w/Tim
Lebbon]

The Chamber of Ten
[w/Tim
Lebbon]

The Shadow Men
[w/Tim Lebbon]

THE SHADOW SAGA

Of Saints and Shadows

Angel Souls and Devil Hearts

Of Masques and Martyrs

The Gathering Dark

Waking Nightmares

GHOSTS OF ALBION

Astray
[w/Amber Benson]

Initiation
[w/Amber Benson]

Accursed
[w/Amber Benson]

Witchery
[w/Amber Benson]

THE WAKING

Dreams of the Dead
[As Thomas
Randall]

Spirits of the Noh
[As Thomas
Randall]

A Winter of Ghosts
[As Thomas
Randall and Christopher Golden]

ADULT FICTION

THE REMY CHANDLER SERIES:

A Kiss Before the Apocalypse

Dancing on the Head of a Pin

Where Angels Fear to Tread

A Hundred Words for Hate

In the House of the Wicked

Walking in the Midst of Fire

THE MENAGERIE

The Nimble Man
[w/Christopher
Golden]

The Tears of Furies
[w/ Christopher
Golden]

Stones Unturned
[w/ Christopher
Golden]

Crashing Paradise
[w/ Christopher
Golden]

TEEN FICTION

THE FALLEN SERIES

The Fallen

The Fallen: Leviathan

The Fallen: Aerie

The Fallen: Reckoning

The Fallen: End of Days

The Fallen: Forsaken

The Fallen: Armageddon

Force Majeure
[w/ Christopher
Golden]

Sleeper Code

Sleeper Agenda

Legacy

JUVENILE FICTION:

THE OUTCAST SERIES

The Un-Magician

Dragon Secrets

Ghost Fire

Wurm War

BILLY HOOTEN: OWLBOY SERIES:

Billy Hooten: Owlboy

Billy Hooten: Owlboy - The Girl
With the Destructo Touch

Billy Hooten: Owlboy - Tremble at
the Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah

Billy Hooten: Owlboy - The Flock
of Fury

THE BRIMSTONE NETWORK SERIES:

The Brimstone Network

The Shroud of A'Ranka

Specter Rising

MEDIA TIE-INS

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The
Monster Book
[w/ Christopher Golden and Stephen R. Bissette]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel:
Monster Island
[w/ Christopher Golden]

Angel: The Soul Trade

Hellboy: The God Machine

Lobster Johnson: The Satan
Factory

Bone: Tall Tales
[w/ Jeff
Smith]

BONE: QUEST FOR THE SPARK TRILOGY

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

ANTHOLOGIES

Hellboy: Odder Jobs

Mean Streets

21st Century Dead

An Apple for the Creature

WANT MORE

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN AND THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI?

VISIT THEM AT:

http://www.ChristopherGolden.com

https://www.sniegoski.com