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Yes, I didn't make myself clear, it was weird because he came off as an moral upstanding citizen caring about the city when all he really cares about is his own survival.I think "all he really cares about" is a bit too strong, but yeah, it's likely higher on his priority list than Chicago as a whole.
We know enough from Cold Days that the creation of Mantles and the powering of the up could be done, but I suspect the power of Hecate AND the Fates went into the creation of the six Mantles, otherwise you are slicing Hecate a bit thin. This was done to create the Cuurent Defenders of the Gates, the Greek Gods being the previous Defenders, and the Accords being set up as the next Defenders.I would guess that it was a lot more than just Hecate and the Fates. In just the Greek pantheon, there's a pretty strong argument for Demeter and Persephone getting eaten into the faerie queens, and triple goddesses seem to pop up in lots of mythologies.
Which is why it was weird to have him step up and take the lead to defend Chicago, even getting a bit moralistic...I didn't think it was that weird for Marcone to step up like that. He just met an immensely powerful being that wants to kill him in particular. It's pretty rational to strong arm the Accords into getting yourself allies against Ethniu. Just because he doesn't typically let emotions rule his judgment doesn't mean he can't use them to manipulate others.
They weren't really 'investigating' though- Harry and Eb were about 5 seconds out from a throwdown when the Outsiders popped up.That conversation escalated quickly, though. Less than a minute in real time, probably. How long does it take to whistle up Outsiders? Harry was about to open up his Sight when Eb snuck up on him.
Maybe someone didn't want Harry pasted on the sidewalk just yet, so they called up some Eldritch horrors to distract them both?
Maybe future-Harry arranges for them to be summoned so he and Eb don't throw down yet. Hence time travel? That's the problem with time travel being introduced into stories. Is Harry going to run himself off the road in that earlier book?Almost definitely. PG is rife with time travel confusion.
Hecate being a Titan makes the point that while her power is still around, she isn't, or at least not as she was. It seems that the only Titan left as she was is Ethniu.A new thought, what if Ethniu is the Last (Free) Titan? The rest could have been eaten up into other mantles or locked up with Alfred.
Or we're arguing in the wrong direction, and she was just the last Titan born. Seems unlikely, but hey, it's possible.
As I recall, there's a WoJ about what happened to Maeve's father that mentioned being caught in a love triangle with Mab and Titania and it not ending well.You're thinking of Oberon, not Maeve's father.
If he was Aurora's father too, well, ouch
The cost of publishing really must have gone up because Cold Days was over five hundred pages and the cover price was the same as Peace Talks approx $28.00. Skin Game was four hundred and fifty pages, cover price cost roughly the same as Peace Talks $29.00.. I bought a Diana Gabaldon book from the Outlander series, over 800 pages for $35.00.. If Battle Ground four hundred and fifty pages for the cover price of $28.00, the total for the two books is $56.00! Not to mention shipping, taxes, etc... So my friends which would have served us better? One longer more satisfying book that is a little more expensive or two shorter ones that in the long run we are paying more money for and are less satisfied?Bottom line, if the machine your publisher has to make hardbacks can only handle a 600 page book, it's gonna cost a lot more to make a 750 page book. They either have to buy a bigger machine or pay someone else to print it. A $50 price tag is enough sticker shock to scare away a lot of readers that aren't as invested.
Also since a lot of us purchase the book from Amazon or Kindle, we never pay the full price anyway..
When they were done discounting Peace Talks I think I was charged around $14.00 more or less, and roughly the same for Battle Ground.. The only way you pay full price is if you buy it from Barns and Noble or another bookstore, but if you belong to one of their clubs you also pay less.
Re: Hecate...All titans were deities. Titan is just a deity in the generation before the Olympians in Greek mythology.
The six queens of fairy are all pieces of Hecate, with the bulk of the goddess's power vested in the Mothers. Hecate intact would be vastly greater than Mab alone.
Also, I think Hecate was a goddess, not a titan, though I'm not sure how formal the distinction is.
Not just fallen pantheons. They were all giants."Giant" doesn't have much meaning, though. You could call Mab a giant based on her personal power alone. Ferrovax warps reality his power is so big.