- Fiction, fantasy, general, English literature, Fiction, fantasy, general
The Empire has vanquished its enemies at last, but at a terrible price. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda must face the truth of what she's unleashed in her hunger for power.
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Epic, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 595
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan, Tor
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780230770010
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“It was cold down in the bowels of the earth.”
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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