The Art of Hunting (The Gravedigger Chonicles, 2) - Softcover

Campbell, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330508792 ISBN 13: 9780330508797

Publisher: Tor, 2014

Synopsis

Welcome to the next installment of Alan Campbell's extraordinary Gravedigger Chronicles, The Art of Hunting, following on from Sea of Ghosts . . .With the Haurstaf decimated, the Unmer have seized the palace at Awl. The Unmer Prince Paulus Marquetta discovers an ally in the blind girl Ianthe, albeit a dangerous one. She has the power to destroy his mind with a single thought. But Ianthe's friendship with the Unmer has made her dangerous enemies.The exiled Unmer lord, Argusto Conquillas is determined to challenge the prince and his followers - and kill anyone who gets in his way. When the disgraced Gravedigger soldier Granger learns of his daughter's danger, he must use every scrap of his cunning to protect her.

Even that may not be enough as the Unmer, in their quest to unlock the secrets of the universe, have made a bargain with a god . . . a deal that threatens to destroy the world.

About this title

Review:

His invented world is one of the most bizarre, fascinating and dangerous it has been my pleasure to encounter (The Times)

Campbell owes heavy debts to Mervyn Peake and John Milton (Guardian)

Campbell has Neil Gaimen's gift for lushly dark stories and compelling antiheroes. (Publishers Weekly)

Book Description:

Welcome to the next installment of Alan Campbell's extraordinary Gravedigger Chronicles, The Art of Hunting . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0330508792
• ISBN 13: 9780330508797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500