Pyramid Power

By Dave Freer and Eric Flint

Book Overview

1. Eric Flint has co-authored three New York Times best-sellers. His 1632 was a smash hit, with over 75,000 copies sold, and an 88% sell through.

2. Flint and Freer's earlier collaborations have had strong sell throughs.

3. Freer's solo novel, A Mankind Witch, garnered rave reviews, such as a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which praised it for "ripsnorting action and an ingenious plot..."

4. Flint's other bestselling work includes collaborations with David Weber (Crown of Slaves and 1663) and Mercedes Lackey (The Shadow of the Lion, The Rough Magic and The Wizard of Karres).

5. Large distribution of ARCs

6. Ads in Locus, Kliatt, more

7. Trade advertising

8. Teaser chapter for Slow Train to Arcturus included

9. Incremental co-op available

10. Special backlist discounts for Eric Flint backlist

The Pyramid is baacckk Well, actually, it never went away--but it had seemed to be inactive, still sitting in the middle of Chicago but no longer growing and wiping out buildings as it grew. The Krin device would have been thwarted, if things had been left as they were--but a V.I.P., who knows too many state secrets to be allowed to be missing, was left behind in the world of Greek mythology. So a power-mad Washington bureaucrat has press-ganged several of the survivors of the first excursion into the pyramid's worlds and sent them, along with a team trained in "surgical strikes," to either bring back the V.I.P. or, if that's impossible, terminate him with extreme prejudice.

Unfortunately, instead of returning to mythological Greece, they find themselves in the world of the Norse gods. Even if they manage to survive the enmity of Odin and his warriors, can manage to free Loki (a potential ally) and can keep the hard-drinking thunder-god Thor off the sauce long enough to help them, Ragnarok is coming, with the end of the world. And even a hard-headed maintenance man with his trusty toolkit may have trouble fixing that problem

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141655596X
• ISBN13: 9781416555964
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.1" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Nordic Myth vs The Beltway

This sequel is just as good as the first book. The venue has moved to Nordic mythology with a strong dose of Washington DC stumble bums getting in the way.

A hilarious romp through the Norse pantheon

If you've read "Pyramid Scheme", you'll love this book. If you haven't, you should go read that one first, then read this book. It's a great sequel to the first one, following up on the characters as they manage to accidentally make their way back into the alien pyramid and into Norse mythology this time. I've always liked the stories of the Norse gods, so this was particularly fun for me, but even if you're not familiar with the mythology, you'll enjoy the characters and humor in the book. This series is one of the strangest and silliest take on alien contact I've read, and is what put Dave Freer on my list of authors whose books I must buy as they come out. (Eric Flint was already there.)

Fun jaunt through Norseland

Having been defeated in the world of Greek mythology (Pyramid Scheme (Pyramid)), the Krim pyramid attempts to take over the world of Norse mythology. With Odin on their side, how can it fail to bring about Ragnarok and feed on the suffering? Easily. Because of a series of really stupid moves, the Krim ends up snatching some of the same people it did last time. It turns out that gods neutralized by Odin are not quite out of commission, and the world of Norse mythology can be fixed with a bit of magic and a lot of cunning. This is a great sequel to Pyramid Scheme (Pyramid). It has many of the same characters and themes, but seen in a different, northernly, light. If you enjoyed the first book in the series, you should get the second. If you haven't read it, you should probably get it first. The take on Norse mythology is also interesting, a bit similar to Lars Walker's The Year Of The Warrior, but without Christianity.

A Fun Romp Through Norse Mythology

Flint and Freer once again craft another fun-filled (or is it pun-filled) tale in their sequel to 2001's Pyramid Scheme, which skewers and roasts Norse mythology with as much good humor and irreverence as they did to Greek and Egyptian mythology in the first book. It has all you could ever ask for in a book: alcoholic gods, scheming government bureaucrats, and lovesick flatulent dragons! A thoroughly enjoyable tale by the same warped minds that brought you Rats, Bats & Vats and The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly. Recommended!

Unbeatable

This is in someways an even better book than the original. Both have good action, bad puns, great pacing and three dimensional characters. P-Power takes you to the under explored Norse Mythology Urworld. Fascinating. My favorite novel of the year.