The Adamantine Palace

Deas, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0575083735 / ISBN 13: 9780575083738

Published by Gollancz, 2009

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First UK Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped (£18.99 price intact). Published by Victor Gollancz, 2009. Octavo. Green cloth boards stamped in gold. Signed and dated with a quote by author on title page (19/3/09). Book is like new; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Very light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is like new. 370 pages. ISBN: 9780575083738. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adamantine Palace
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575083735
• ISBN 13: 9780575083738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science-Fiction & Fantasy

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Synopsis

The Adamantine Palace lies at the centre of an empire that grew out of ashes. Once dragons ruled the world and man was little more than prey. Then a way of subduing the dragons alchemicly was discovered and now the dragons are bred to be little more than mounts for knights and highly valued tokens in the diplomatic power-players that underpin the rule of the competing aristocratic houses. The Empire has grown fat. And now one man wants it for himself. A man prepared to poison the king just as he has poisoned his own father. A man prepared to murder his lover and bed her daughter. A man fit to be king? But uknown to him there are flames on the way. A single dragon has gone missing. And even one dragon on the loose, unsubdued, returned to its full intelligence, its full fury, could spell disaster for the Empire. But because of the actions of one unscrupulous mercenary the rivals for the throne could soon be facing hundreds of dragons ...Stephen Deas has written a fast moving and action-fuelled fantasy laced with irony, a razor sharp way with characters, dialogue to die for and dragons to die by.

About the Author

Stephen Deas was born in 1968. He once set fire to Wales. Well one bit of Wales. Twice. When not burning principalities, he played too much D&D. Despite this he managed to study theoretical physics at Cambridge, get a job at BAE, marry and have two children. He has written several novels in the fantasy, YA and crime genres. With Gavin Smith he co-writes SF novels, including a tie-in for the Elite Dangerous game. He lives in Essex with his family.