Year of Our War Swainston Steph
Year of Our War Swainston Steph The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Mi ville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. In a truly original imagined world of…
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Year of Our War Swainston Steph
The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Mi ville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. In a truly original imagined world of breathtaking, sometimes surreal beauty, fifty utterly alien but disarmingly human immortals lead mankind in a centuries-long war.Jant is the Messenger, one of the Circle, a cadre of fifty immortals who serve the Emperor. A breathtakingly skilful debut.A superb work of literary fantasy.
But he must also contend with the rivalries and petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. He is the only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly.The Emperor must protect mankind from the hordes of giant Insects who have plagued the land for centuries, eating everything and everyone in their path. These will will soon spill over into civil war.Steph Swainston has written an astonishingly original