- Horses, Fiction, Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles
An epic historical adventure set in a pseudo 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 600
- Publisher
- Roc-New American Library, HarperCollins, Roc
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780451463302
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Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible. ([Wikipedia][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gavriel_Kay
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