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410 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Book One Of The Quicksilver Trilogy. Rereth Caldason Is The Last Remaining Member Of A Tribe Of Warriors Who Were Brutally Massacred Decades Ago.
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Quicksilver Rising opens the new "Quicksilver" fantasy trilogy by Stan Nicholls, best known for the "Orcs" sequence that rehabilitated those traditional bad guys as quest heroes in their own right.
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In this Fantasyland, there's a standoff between unpleasant empires run along police-state lines, with "paladins" as heavy enforcers, brutal suppression of awkward truths, and zero human rights for the people in the street. One lunatic prince forever flees Death in a magic floating palace that wanders through his realm, uncaringly crushing farmhouses and orchards that get in the way. All this spawns a highly organised Resistance crossing imperial borders, whose long-term plans--most unusually--do not involve armed uprising. Meanwhile, far away, a warlord called Zerreiss is gobbling up townships, promising freedom, and seems to have the advantage of some mysterious affinity with this world's (literal) underground channels of magic.
Nicholls assembles a motley crew of misfits: a woman enforcer disgraced for insisting on the truth, a warrior from a despised race who's afflicted with an odd blessing-cum-curse, a wizard's apprentice whose master was murdered by paladins and who proves to have a very special talent, an unwilling prostitute on the run, and a famous tenor singer. All end up together in the Resistance, where they're drawn into highly illegal schemes to raise money and to sabotage the imperial record system with its dossiers on known dissidents. On the other side, the state has adapted magical glamours into tools of surveillance, oppression and torment, while even the rebel outfit is plagued with embedded spies.
Against this interesting background, there are numerous set-pieces of fast-paced but routine fantasy action: many sword fights, daring assaults on fortified houses, raids and rescues, Indiana Jones-style booby traps, and--something that now seems to be contractually required in commercial fantasy--a desperate flight through stinking sewers. This is all good fun, though, and the pages turn fast. --David Langford
‘Quicksilver Rising is brilliantly conceived and beautifully constructed. From the first gripping action scene it had me hooked. It has all the ingredients to become a classic of the genre’ David Gemmell
‘Nicholls tells a story into which the reader is dragged as willing victim. He has an eye for action and character, keeps the pace high, plot finely tuned and pages turning; and in Quicksilver Rising has delivered a hugely entertaining read.’ James Barclay
‘Exhilirating, innovative ... delivered with tremendous panache’ Barry Forshaw, Publishing News
‘A cracking blend of high fantasy adventure and thought-provoking political thriller – a real feast for intelligent imaginations.’ Louise Cooper
’Fast-paced, high adventure ... a bare-knuckle fight with a magic punch.’ Mark Chadbourn
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- PublisherVoyager
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0007141491
- ISBN 13 9780007141494
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Powerful new epic fantasy trilogy from Stan Nicholls, the British author of the internationally acclaimed ORCS series. The empires of Rintarah and Gath Tampoor are squared against each other, each continually spying for weaknesses in the other. In the middle huddles the small island state of Bhealfa, ruled by a demented Prince who is obsessed with the idea that he can outrun death. Everywhere, magic underpins the social order. Different classes enjoy different qualities of magic; from meagre charms for the destitute, to grand conjurations impossible to distinguish from reality for the rich. But the most skilful and expensive spells are kept by the authorities and used to control the entire population. Reeth Caldason is among the last of his kind. His people, the Qalochians, a race of natural warriors, were brutally massacred decades ago. Reeth is cursed with immortality, forced to wander the world, seeking revenge for his tribe and a cure for his magical affliction. Under the floating Palace of the mad Prince of Bhealfa he comes across other outlaws and is drawn into the Resistance movement, assisting those who have suffered under the dictatorships of the two massive empires. Reeth. Seller Inventory # 13747
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Good. Dominic Harman  Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. Colour illustrated paperback binding, by Dominic Harman, with silver coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quicksilver Trilogy  Book 1. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. This is the first Trade edition of the book. Size: Trade Paperback. 410 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Dominic Harman  Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0007141491. ISBN/EAN: 9780007141494. Inventory No: 0125047. Seller Inventory # 0125047
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. 410 pages. ex-library with usual stamps & markings wear, creas es, tanned pagesQUICKSILVER RISINGThe Quicksilver Trilogy: 1by Stan N ichollsVoyager, UK, 2003ISBN 0007141491tr ade pb, 410ppREADING COPY: ex-library with usual stam ps & markings; wear, creases, tanned pagesIn the land of Bhealfa magic underpins the social order. Different class es enjoy different qualities of magic; from meagre charms for the destitute, to grand conjurations for the rich. But the most skil ful and expensive spells of all are those used by the authorities to control the entire population. Reeth Caldason is the last rem aining member of a tribe of warriors who were brutally massacred decades ago. Cursed with episodes of blind rage that endanger any one near him, he is forced to wander the world seeking revenge fo r his people and a cure for his magical affliction.Bu t the spell that binds Reeth is an esoteric one, and his search h as so far been fruitless. Only when a young sorcerer's apprentice named Kutch tells him of the mysterious Covenant does he regain a glimmer of hope. Forming an uneasy alliance the two head for Bh ealfa's capital city in search of this secretive magical society, unaware that they are about to be drawn into a dangerous world o f conspiracy and sedition. Seller Inventory # 1102az
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