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A superb work of literary fantasy. In a truly original imagined world of breathtaking, sometimes surreal, beauty, fifty utterly alien but disarmingly human immortals lead mankind in a centuries-long war.
Jant is the Messenger, one of The Circle, a cadre of fifty immortals who serve the Emperor, and the only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly.
The Emperor is seeking to protect mankind from the hordes of giant insects who have plagued the land for centuries, overwhelming towns with their beautiful nests, eating everything and everyone in their path. But he must also contend with the rivalries and petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. These are squabbles that will soon spill over into open civil war.
Steph Swainston has written an astonishingly original literary fantasy. She writes beautifully. Her novel places her in a tradition of writing typified by Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison and, latterly, China Mieville. This is a breathtaking debut novel of the finest quality.
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The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Mieville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A breathtakingly skilful debut.
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"Extraordinary.stunning.compelling.seriously new. . Swainst has considerably vivid powers of invention." -- Locus
"Vibrant, colourful, tirelessly inventive and effortlessly weird, Stephanie Swainston has thrown the map away."--M. John Harrison
"Swainston's first novel brings a bold new vision to the fantasy genre, combining classic fantasy elements with imaginative new images."--Library Journal
"Extraordinary...stunning...compelling...seriously new. ... Swainst has considerably vivid powers of invention."--Locus
Thoughtful, exuberant, incredibly inventive, funny but never whimsical or mannered: a blistering debut, and honest-to-God unputdownable. --China Mi?ville, author of Perdido Street Station"
Swainston s first novel brings a bold new vision to the fantasy genre, combining classic fantasy elements with imaginative new images. --Library Journal"
Vibrant, colourful, tirelessly inventive and effortlessly weird, Stephanie Swainston has thrown the map away. --M. John Harrison"
Extraordinary stunning compelling seriously new. Swainst has considerably vivid powers of invention. --Locus"
"Thoughtful, exuberant, incredibly inventive, funny but never whimsical or mannered: a blistering debut, and honest-to-God unputdownable."--China Mieville, author of Perdido Street Station
"Vibrant, colourful, tirelessly inventive and effortlessly weird, Stephanie Swainston has thrown the map away."--M. John Harrison
"Swainston's first novel brings a bold new vision to the fantasy genre, combining classic fantasy elements with imaginative new images."--Library Journal
"Extraordinary...stunning...compelling...seriously new. ... Swainst has considerably vivid powers of invention."--Locus
Thoughtful, exuberant, incredibly inventive, funny but never whimsical or mannered: a blistering debut, and honest-to-God unputdownable. --China Mi?ville, author of Perdido Street Station"
Swainston s first novel brings a bold new vision to the fantasy genre, combining classic fantasy elements with imaginative new images. --Library Journal"
Vibrant, colourful, tirelessly inventive and effortlessly weird, Stephanie Swainston has thrown the map away. --M. John Harrison"
Extraordinary stunning compelling seriously new. Swainst has considerably vivid powers of invention. --Locus"
"Thoughtful, exuberant, incredibly inventive, funny but never whimsical or mannered: a blistering debut, and honest-to-God unputdownable."--China Mieville, author of Perdido Street Station
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0575076429
- ISBN 13 9780575076426
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