- Imaginary wars and battles, Sieges, Magic, Vampires
Sequel to Empire of Black and Gold. The Wasp Empire's armies are on the move - and the city of Tark will be the first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 681
- Publisher
- Pyr, Tor, Start Publishing LLC
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780230739581
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“The morning was joyless for him, as mornings always were.”
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.
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