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Locklands (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R399
R328
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Once, Sancia Grado was just a thief with a grudge and a rare
talent. Then she learned how to use that talent, and beat the great
merchant houses of Tevanne at their own game. With Clef and
Berenice, she even saw off an immortal hierophant - but the war
they're fighting now is one they know they can't win. 'Absolutely
riveting . . . A magnificent, mind-blowing start to a series I'm
hungry for' - Amal El-Mohtar, co-author of This is How You Lose the
Time War, in the New York Times on Foundryside This time, they're
not facing robber-baron elites or an immortal hierophant, but an
entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe: a ghost in
the machine using the magic of scriving to possess and control not
just objects, but human minds. Despite all their efforts their
enemy marches on, implacable, unstoppable - and it's closing in on
its true prize: an ancient doorway that leads to the centre of
creation itself. 'One of the best fantasy writers on the scene
today' says Kirkus Reviews Sancia and her friends glimpse a last
desperate opportunity to stop this unbeatable foe - but to do so,
they'll have to unlock the centuries-old mystery of scriving's
origins and pull off the most daring heist they've ever attempted.
And as if that weren't enough, their adversary might just have a
spy in their ranks - and a last trick up its sleeve . . .
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Foundryside (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R347
R288
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'The exciting beginning of a promising new epic fantasy series.
Prepare for ancient mysteries, innovative magic, and heart-pounding
heists' Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of
Oathbringer She thought it was just another job. But her discovery
could bring the city to its knees . . . In the city of Tevanne, you
either have everything, or nothing. For escaped slave Sancia Grado,
eking out a precarious living in the hellhole known as the Commons,
nothing is just one misstep away. So when she is offered a
lucrative job to steal an ancient artefact from a heavily guarded
warehouse, she leaps at the chance. But instead of a way out of
Tevanne, she finds herself the target of a murderous conspiracy.
Someone powerful wants the artefact, and Sancia dead. To survive,
Sancia will need every ally and every ounce of wits at her disposal
- because if her unknown enemy unlocks the artefact's secrets, the
world - and reality - will never be the same. 'Robert Jackson
Bennett deserves a huge audience' Brent Weeks 'An altogether
terrific read' Sebastien de Castell 'Intricate worldbuilding,
fascinating magic, and engaging characters. More please!' Felicia
Day 'Inventive, immersive, and thrilling . . . Do yourself a favor
and pick this up!' Kevin Hearne
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Shorefall (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R360
R288
Discovery Miles 2 880
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'Exciting . . . Prepare for ancient mysteries, innovative magic,
and heart-pounding heists' Brandon Sanderson, New York Times
bestselling author of Oathbringer The upstart firm Foundryside is
struggling to make it. Orso Igancio and his star employee, former
thief Sancia Grado, are accomplishing brilliant things with
scriving, the magical art of encoding sentience into everyday
objects, but it's not enough. The massive merchant houses of
Tevanne won't tolerate competition, and they're willing to do
anything to crush Foundryside. 'A refreshing look at magic -
featuring a heroine every reader will root for - from one of the
smartest writers I know,' says Peter V. Brett, New York Times
bestselling author of The Demon Cycle But even the merchant houses
of Tevanne might have met their match. An immensely powerful and
deadly entity has been resurrected in the shadows of Tevanne, one
that's not interested in wealth or trade routes: a hierophant, one
of the ancient practitioners of scriving. And he has a great
fascination for Foundryside, and its employees - especially Sancia.
Now Sancia and the rest of Foundryside must race to combat this new
menace, which means understanding the origins of scriving itself -
before the hierophant burns Tevanne to the ground. 'A compelling
treatise on power and its misuse' said The Guardian of Foundryside
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Locklands (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R529
R437
Discovery Miles 4 370
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Once, Sancia Grado was just a thief with a grudge and a rare
talent. Then she learned how to use that talent, and beat the great
merchant houses of Tevanne at their own game. With Clef and
Berenice, she even saw off an immortal hierophant - but the war
they're fighting now is one they know they can't win. 'Absolutely
riveting . . . A magnificent, mind-blowing start to a series I'm
hungry for' - Amal El-Mohtar, co-author of This is How You Lose the
Time War, in the New York Times on Foundryside This time, they're
not facing robber-baron elites or an immortal hierophant, but an
entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe: a ghost in
the machine using the magic of scriving to possess and control not
just objects, but human minds. Despite all their efforts their
enemy marches on, implacable, unstoppable - and it's closing in on
its true prize: an ancient doorway that leads to the centre of
creation itself. 'One of the best fantasy writers on the scene
today' says Kirkus Reviews Sancia and her friends glimpse a last
desperate opportunity to stop this unbeatable foe - but to do so,
they'll have to unlock the centuries-old mystery of scriving's
origins and pull off the most daring heist they've ever attempted.
And as if that weren't enough, their adversary might just have a
spy in their ranks - and a last trick up its sleeve . . .
'Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience' - Brent Weeks,
New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism In the city of
stairs, nothing is as it seems. You've got to be careful when
you're chasing a murderer through Bulikov, for the world is not as
it should be in that city. When the gods were destroyed and all
worship of them banned by the Polis, reality folded; now stairs
lead to nowhere, alleyways have become portals to the past, and
criminals disappear into thin air. The murder of Dr Efrem Pangyui,
the Polis diplomat researching the Continent's past, has begun
something and now whispers of an uprising flutter out from
invisible corners. Only one woman may be willing to pursue the
truth - but it is likely to cost her everything. 'Truly refreshing'
- New York Times Book Review
An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried
histories, and a mysterious, protean city--from one of America's
most acclaimed young SF writers.
The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer
the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions--until its divine
protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another
colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the
surreal landscape of the city itself--first shaped, now shattered,
by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon
it--stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former
supremacy.
Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the
unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by
Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's
most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as
Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who
ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem--and that
Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.
'Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience' - Brent Weeks,
New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism. Do the dead
sleep soundly in the land of death - or do they have plans of their
own? Nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award 2016. A generation ago
the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and
death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed
and subjugated millions. But that was then. Now the god is dead and
the city lies in ruins, a wasteland of sectarian violence and
bloody uprisings. So it makes perfect sense for General Turyin
Mulaghesh, foul-mouthed hero of the battle of Bulikov, rumoured war
criminal, ally of embattled Prime Minister Shara Komayd, to be
exiled here - but she's not just eking out her days in this
hellhole till retirement. She's on one final mission, to find a
Saypuri secret agent who's gone AWOL. The trouble is, that this old
soldier isn't sure she's still got what it takes to be the hero . .
. A triumphant return to the world of A City of Stairs. 'Loud, bold
and uncompromisingly ambitious' - Upcoming4.me
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Vigilance (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R372
R312
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Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is back, and this time he's out for
vengeance. Shara Komayd, once Prime Minister of Saypur, has been
assassinated. News travels fast and far, even to a remote logging
town somewhere northwest of Bulikov, where the silent Dreyling
worker 'Bjorn' picks up the newspaper and walks out. He is shocked
and grieved and furious; he's been waiting thirteen years for
Shara, his closest friend, to tell him to come home. Now he has no
one else in his life, and nothing to live for - except to find the
people who did this. Sigrud wasn't there for the death of his
daughter, and he wasn't there when Shara was murdered. Now 'Bjorn'
is dead and Sigrud is back. And he will find answers, for Shara,
and for himself. He's made a promise . . . The awesome climax to
the fantasy thrillers City of Stairs and City of Blades.
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The Troupe (Paperback)
Robert Jackson Bennett
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R653
R581
Discovery Miles 5 810
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Vaudeville: mad, mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing
cultures and ferocious showmanship and wickedly delightful
deceptions.
But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville
for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father,
the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father's
troupe, he begins to understand that their performances are strange
even for vaudeville: for wherever they happen to tour, the very
nature of the world seems to change.
Because there is a secret within Silenus's show so ancient and
dangerous that it has won him many powerful enemies. And it's not
until after he joins them that George realizes the troupe is not
simply touring: they are running for their lives.
And soon...he is as well.
The year is 1919.
The McNaughton Corporation is the pinnacle of American industry.
They built the guns that won the Great War before it even began.
They built the airships that tie the world together. And, above
all, they built Evesden-a shining metropolis, the best that the
world has to offer.
But something is rotten at the heart of the city. Deep underground,
a trolley car pulls into a station with eleven dead bodies inside.
Four minutes before, the victims were seen boarding at the previous
station. Eleven men butchered by hand in the blink of an eye. All
are dead. And all are union.
Now, one man, Cyril Hayes, must fix this. There is a dark secret
behind the inventions of McNaughton and with a war brewing between
the executives and the workers, the truth must be discovered before
the whole city burns. Caught between the union and the company,
between the police and the victims, Hayes must uncover the mystery
before it kills him.
Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing.
So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do--and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara's killers deserve.
Yet as Sigrud pursues his quarry with his customary terrifying efficiency, he begins to fear that this battle is an unwinnable one. Because discovering the truth behind Shara's death will require him to take up arms in a secret, decades-long war, face down an angry young god, and unravel the last mysteries of Bulikov, the city of miracles itself. And--perhaps most daunting of all--finally face the truth about his own cursed existence.
Some places are too good to be true.
Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any
map.
In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses,
houses that conceal the strangest things.
After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits
her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer
Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the
people of Wink are very, very different ...
From one of our most talented and original new literary voices
comes the next great American supernatural novel: a work that
explores the dark dimensions of the hometowns and the neighbors we
thought we knew.
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