Título: Nine Goblins: A novella
Autor: T. Kingfisher
Sinopse: Nessilka had been in any number of battles, and she couldn’t remember the first ten minutes of any of them. She had a theory that if you could remember the first ten minutes, you’d never, ever charge at anybody again, so parts of your brain blotted them out.The problem was that she couldn’t imagine why her brain would want her to continue charging at people, and this then led her to the theory that parts of her brain worked for the Goblin High Command, which she didn’t like at all.Regardless, it was ten minutes into the battle, and she couldn’t remember what had just happened. There’d been a lot of yelling. Everyone yelled. No matter what species you were, elf, human, goblin, orc, random bystander, you yelled. There had been a lot of hitting things. Her shield was bent in four or five places, and her arms ached dreadfully.Algol went by at high speed, shield raised, with Mishkin and Mushkin practically stepping on his heels. Mishkin had gotten a sword from somewhere, and was waving it dangerously close to Algol’s kidneys.She had no idea how the battle was going, but she didn’t seem to be dead, so from her perspective, everything was really going rather well.Unfortunately, Sergeant Nessilka had just seen a problem.The problem stood on a little rise, just enough to lift him out of the battle proper. He looked human, and he wasn’t wearing armor, or carrying any weapons.He was doing something with his hands, and there was a blueness in the air around him—not really a blue light, per se, but the world around him was turning shades of blue, like something behind a pane of cobalt glass. That wasn’t right. That was magic, that was.A bolt of blueness streaked out from his open mouth, and hit a knot of goblins, who fell down.Aw, hell, Nessilka thought. It’s a wizard...
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Nine Goblins: A novella”, de T. Kingfisher, publicado pela editora Smashword, em 2013 e com 147 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Smashword
Páginas: 147
Ano: 2013
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1310505764
ISBN13: 9781310505768
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Smashword oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que transitam entre o romance pessoal e a ficção especulativa, com personagens que enfrentam conflitos internos e externos em contextos variados, desde pequenas cidades até cenários urbanos e tecnológicos. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por histórias que exploram relações humanas complexas, como amores não correspondidos e dilemas familiares, ao lado de tramas que envolvem elementos fantásticos ou sobrenaturais, como poderes especiais e inteligências artificiais. Há também espaço para obras que dialogam com o desenvolvimento pessoal, trazendo um tom mais didático e reflexivo em temas ligados ao bem-estar e à superação. O ritmo das obras varia, com algumas mais focadas em tensão e ação, enquanto outras privilegiam o humor sutil e a introspecção.
