- Fiction, fantasy, general, Humour
The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that a band of misfits, led by a high priestess, will defeat the Dark Lord Darvezian—armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light, and an artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen. Their journey will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will become enemies; enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord will be waiting, always waiting…
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Classical in form, epic, unpretentious and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Tor.com, La Esfera de los Libros, Tor Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788491645566
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“The words that twanged and thrummed their way to Nth said, New food coming, and he stirred, resettling his legs to take the measure of the message: how far, what direction, who originated it.”
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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