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City of Last Chances (The Tyrant ... by Tchaikovsky, Adrian Paperback / softback
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- ISBN
- 1801108447
- EAN
- 9781801108447
- Date of Publication
- 2023-11-09
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers)
- Artist
- Tchaikovsky, Adrian
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Head of Zeus
ISBN-10
1801108447
ISBN-13
9781801108447
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15059032476
Product Key Features
Book Title
City of Last Chances : Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Series 2025
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Fantasy / Gaslamp, Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Urban, Fantasy / Epic
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
The Tyrant Philosophers Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Finesse and clarity of detail in the world building is the rock on which Tchaikovsky has built the City of Last Chances . . . the beauty of the story is in the slow and gentle unfolding of how the unrelated combine" -- SciFi Now "Paints a vivid detailed backdrop and populates it with colourful personalities and elaborate religious, political and economic systems . . . making a location the main character is a considerable challenge and it''s testament to Tchaikovsky''s skill that he can make it work" -- SFX "When things start to unravel, brilliant chaos ensues" -- Daily Mail "Has some of Tchaikovsky''s best prose . . . an absolutely fascinating study in human behaviour" -- SF Crowsnest "An intriguing tangle, dense, dark, ingenious, ironic, complex, often funny, and always smart" -- Locus "Endlessly creative . . . so much invention peeking around every corner" --Patrick Ness "The rich, inventive worldbuilding and nuanced intrigues will have fantasy readers on the edges of their seats" -- Publishers Weekly "Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history - a truly breathtaking fantasy city, down every street a compelling story" --David Towsey "A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world" --Ian Green "An ambitious epic fantasy read that contains many quality elements and memorable characters . . . a unique reading experience" -- Grimdark Magazine "A powerful story about romanticism versus the truth of rebellion . . . It resonates with the world we live in today and is well worth investing your time in more than once" -- The British Fantasy Society "A gritty adventure fantasy of uncommon breadth, fashioning a universe brimming with magic and treachery" -- Foreword Reviews, starred review "Ilmar will live up to its many names in this clever and engaging fantasy" -- Booklist, starred review "[A] darkly comic but also potentially transformative guide to fantasyland" -- ParSec "A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar" --Django Wexler "A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling" --Sharon Emmerichs "Interesting and beautifully thought out. . . in terms of its scope, its ambition, and its ability to render a genuinely realistic view of a city on the cusp of revolution, City of Last Chances is immensely successful" -- Nerds of a Feather "A mosaic of a novel . . . Highly recommended to those who love books where the city feels like a character" -- The Fantasy Inn "As the story pulls back to reveal the whole of the fresco, I discovered that once again Tchaikovksy had treated me to a clever storyline that subverted expectations and rewarded my loyalty" -- Geek Dad "An absolute tour-de-force of a book . . . unpredictable and absorbing" -- Birmingham Science Fiction Group "Tchaikovsky skilfully immerses the reader into [his] rich and diverse world, where magic and machinery intertwine, and mysterious figures with barely glimpsed back-stories step onto, and then off, centre stage" -- Concatenation " PRAISE FOR BEAR HEAD : ''Adrian Tchaikovsky''s dissection of Thompson''s appeal and ghastly genius is the thoughtful highlight of this unashamedly thrilling escapade. You don''t need to have read Dogs of War to enjoy Bear Head - but why deny yourself the pleasure?'' The Times ''Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril'' Daily Mail . ''An absolute whammy of a read, and a must for anyone who enjoys a smart, fast-paced, hugely entertaining blast of speculative fiction... This is one of those books where you can just throw yourself and abandon yourself to a fabulous story, knowing you will be entertained throughout'' LoveReading. ''A rousing good read''" -- Guardian, "Paints a vivid detailed backdrop and populates it with colourful personalities and elaborate religious, political and economic systems... making a location the main character is a considerable challenge and it's testament to Tchaikovsky's skill that he can make it work." -- SFX Four star review by David West in SFX magazine who wrote that it 'Paints a vivid detailed backdrop and populates it with colourful personalities and elaborate religious, political and economic systems'. The Daily Mail recommended it widely, in Critics' picks for Novels of the Year, writing 'When things start to unravel, brilliant chaos ensues'. Locus Magazine included it in their list of new books for December 2022 It was number 5 in The Bookseller's 'Heatseekers Fiction' chart. "Reading this was pure pleasure. . . . There's an Ursula Le Guin-like grace to his storytelling , to the shifting of cadences. Everything about this book suggests deliberate care in uniting epic fantasy's immersive world-building with the sharp, dislocating bursts of high-concept science fiction. I've never been so relieved to learn of an author's extensive back catalog . Ten out of 10, no notes." -- New York Times on Elder Race " Incandescently brillian t in its transformation of the classic motifs of space opera, Children of Time was without any hesitation or qualification one of the most enjoyable science fiction novels I have read in years ." -- Los Angeles Review of Books on Children of Time, "Finesse and clarity of detail in the world building is the rock on which Tchaikovsky has built the City of Last Chances...the beauty of the story is in the slow and gentle unfolding of how the unrelated combine" -- SciFi Now "Paints a vivid detailed backdrop and populates it with colourful personalities and elaborate religious, political and economic systems... making a location the main character is a considerable challenge and it''s testament to Tchaikovsky''s skill that he can make it work" -- SFX "When things start to unravel, brilliant chaos ensues" -- Daily Mail "Has some of Tchaikovsky''s best prose... an absolutely fascinating study in human behaviour" -- SF Crowsnest "An intriguing tangle, dense, dark, ingenious, ironic, complex, often funny, and always smart" -- Locus "Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner" --Patrick Ness "The rich, inventive worldbuilding and nuanced intrigues will have fantasy readers on the edges of their seats" -- Publishers Weekly "Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history - a truly breathtaking fantasy city, down every street a compelling story" --David Towsey "A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world" --Ian Green "An ambitious epic fantasy read that contains many quality elements and memorable characters... a unique reading experience" -- Grimdark Magazine "A powerful story about romanticism versus the truth of rebellion... It resonates with the world we live in today and is well worth investing your time in more than once" -- The British Fantasy Society "A gritty adventure fantasy of uncommon breadth, fashioning a universe brimming with magic and treachery" -- Foreword Reviews, starred review "Ilmar will live up to its many names in this clever and engaging fantasy" -- Booklist, starred review "[A] darkly comic but also potentially transformative guide to fantasyland" -- ParSec "A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar" --Django Wexler "A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling" --Sharon Emmerichs "Interesting and beautifully thought out... in terms of its scope, its ambition, and its ability to render a genuinely realistic view of a city on the cusp of revolution, City of Last Chances is immensely successful" -- Nerds of a Feather "A mosaic of a novel... Highly recommended to those who love books where the city feels like a character" -- The Fantasy Inn "As the story pulls back to reveal the whole of the fresco, I discovered that once again Tchaikovksy had treated me to a clever storyline that subverted expectations and rewarded my loyalty" -- Geek Dad "An absolute tour-de-force of a book... unpredictable and absorbing" -- Birmingham Science Fiction Group "Tchaikovsky skilfully immerses the reader into [his] rich and diverse world, where magic and machinery intertwine, and mysterious figures with barely glimpsed back-stories step onto, and then off, centre stage" -- Concatenation " PRAISE FOR BEAR HEAD : ''Adrian Tchaikovsky''s dissection of Thompson''s appeal and ghastly genius is the thoughtful highlight of this unashamedly thrilling escapade. You don''t need to have read Dogs of War to enjoy Bear Head - but why deny yourself the pleasure?'' The Times ''Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril'' Daily Mail . ''An absolute whammy of a read, and a must for anyone who enjoys a smart, fast-paced, hugely entertaining blast of speculative fiction... This is one of those books where you can just throw yourself and abandon yourself to a fabulous story, knowing you will be entertained throughout'' LoveReading. ''A rousing good read''" -- Guardian
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
2024 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST, BEST FANTASY NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 'Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner' Patrick Ness Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched poor and the burden of its ancient curse. What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? Despite the city's refugees, wanderers, murderers, madmen, fanatics and thieves, the catalyst, as always, will be the Anchorwood - that dark grove of trees, that primeval remnant, that portal, when the moon is full, to strange and distant shores. Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places. Ilmar, City of Long Shadows. City of Bad Decisions. City of Last Chances. 'Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history - a truly breathtaking fantasy city, down every street a compelling story.' David Towsey 'A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world.' Ian Green 'A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.' Django Wexler 'A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling.' Sharon Emmerichs, Ilmar is a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. A city about to go to war not only aginst its oppressors, but also against itself. Ideological zealots collide with criminal fraternities, an infernal industrial revolution with an ancient curse and, when the moon is full, a portal to strange and distant shores.
LC Classification Number
PR6120.C53
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