Smoke and Mirrors (Tony Foster Series #2)

by Tanya Huff

Overview

Tanya Huff’s supernatural fantasy Smoke series, with a gothic twist • Mix of ghostly mystery, paranormal horror, and dark humor • Lamba Award nominated
 
Fans of the X-Files and Twin Peaks will love acclaimed master of contemporary fantasy Tanya Huff’s twisted version of vampires, wizards, and TV terror. 
 
Tony Foster, a former street kid, is given a second chance by vampire Henry Fitzroy, when they both relocate to Vancouver. Tony lands a job as a production assistant for a TV show, Darkest Night, about the adventures of a vampire detective.
 
Everything is going fine until shadowy forces from another dimension attack the crew, and Tony discovers he’s a fledgling wizard. 
 
Things have been quiet on the set since the defeat of the shadows. Then Chester Bane, head of the company, rents Caulfield House, a long-deserted, turn-of-the-century mansion, to shoot an episode about a haunted house. It should be an easy week, with a perfect setting, but there’s one little hitch—Caulfield House is really haunted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756403485
Publisher:	DAW
Publication date:	06/06/2006
Series:	Tony Foster Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

About the Author

Tanya Huff may have left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, but she still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with her partner Fiona Patton, six cats, and a chihuahua, she acquired a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic—an education she was happy to finally use while writing her recent Smoke novels. Of her previous twenty-three books, the five—Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, Blood Debt—featuring Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance writer, and vampire are among the most popular.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An exciting, creepy adventure."—Booklist

"Lots of action and...detail keep things moving for a fun dark fantasy adventure."—Locus

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Smoke series:

"Fans of Buffy and the X-Files will cheer the latest exploits of Tony Foster, wizard-in-training.... An entertaining supernatural adventure with plenty of sex, violence, and sarcastic humor." —Publishers Weekly

"It's a wild romp, full of dark humor, a delightfully twisted version of the usual haunted house story." —Locus

"Huff is one of the best writers we have at contemporary fantasy, particularly with a supernatural twist." —Chronicle

"[Huff's] delightfully light touch lends a sense of timeliness to this effortlessly told fantasy mystery." —Library Journal

"This latest offering is just as gothic and horror-filled as its prequel. The conversational writing is a pleasure.... Huff continues to add many details of filming and life on the set of a television show while maintaining suspense." —VOYA

"Lots of action and amusing show-biz detail keep things moving for a fun dark-fantasy adventure." —Locus

"[A] talent for creating believable suspense out of the most improbably circumstances. Vibrant characters and tongue-in-cheek portrayal of current TV trends make this a strong addition to most fantasy or horror collections." —Library Journal

"Huff writes a spellbinding, fascinating tale that fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Jim Butcherwill enjoy." —Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

Poor Tony Foster with his burgeoning wizardly powers. No matter how many times he and his undead ex-boyfriend battle malevolent spirits to save the cast and crew of Darkest Night (the most popular vampire detective TV series in North America), everyone else on the set regards him as only a lowly production assistant. Having fended off evil shadows from another world (in 2004's Smoke and Shadows), Tony now has to contend with filming haunted house scenes in a house that's actually haunted. When all the doors slam shut, he finds himself trapped with ghosts repeatedly reenacting their deaths, his painfully cynical and egotistical colleagues and-worst of all-the boss's bratty daughters. Huff delights in simultaneously bringing out the worst and best of her characters, and she's really found her stride here. Underneath the supernatural trappings and the nonstop wisecracks is a whodunit full of devious plot twists and genuine character development, and the fine-tuned mockery of (and occasional indulgence in) horror novel/film clich s adds spice. Little time is spent explaining things for new readers, so this is best enjoyed after catching up with the previous volume. Agent, Joshua Bilmes. (June 7) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Ex-street kid Tony Foster and Henry Fitzroy, an Elizabethan-era vampire, have relocated to Vancouver, where Tony, now employed by a film company, discovers madness and mayhem in a house rented for filming a ghost story that, unknown to the cast and crew, may in fact be home to a number of restless phantoms. Huff's sequel to Smoke and Shadows develops the relationship of Henry, Tony, and their human-and superhuman-friends and enemies in a tale of supernatural suspense and mystery certain to appeal to the author's many fans. The author of the "Blood" novels has once again proven herself a master of urban fantasy. A good selection for most antasy collections, particularly where there is demand for vampire fiction. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal