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Fair Rebel (Paperback)
Steph Swainston
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In the fifth book in the Castle series, Steph Swainston returns to
her uniquely imagined fantasy world. Fifteen years after the last
devastating Insect attack, the immortal Circle is finally ready to
launch an offensive against their implacable enemies. This time
they have a new weapon - gunpowder. Hopes are high. But the
Circle's plans are threatened when the vital barrels of gunpowder
go missing. Jant, the Circle's winged messenger, is tasked to
investigate. Soon it becomes clear that the theft is part of a
deadly conspiracy . . . and Jant and his friends are among the
targets. As tensions rise, Jant races to foil the conspirators. Can
he expose them in time - or will the crisis blow the Fourlands
apart?
This is the book Steph Swainston's fans have been waiting for. A
prequel to the Castle novels. This is Jant Shira's life before the
drugs took over, as a hunter in the mountains. Awian exiles are
building a stronghold in the Darkling mountains, where the Rhydanne
hunt. Their clash of interests soon leads to bloodshed and Shira
Dellin, a Rhydanne huntress, appeals to the immortal Circle for
justice. The Emperor sends Jant, half-Rhydanne, half-Awian, and
all-confidence, to mediate. As Jant is drawn into the spiralling
violence he is shaken into coming to terms with his own heritage
and his feelings for the alien, intoxicating Dellin. ABOVE THE
SNOWLINE tells the story of Jant's early years in the Circle and
shows the Fourlands as you've never seen them before.
In the third of the Castle novels, Steph Swainston takes the reader
ever deeper into a world of beauty and terror. . . The endless war
for survival against the merciless Insects has reached yet another
stalemate for the Circle, the immortals who serve the Emperor of
the Fourlands. The building of a massive dam has driven the Insects
back, but it's only a matter of time before they find another way
to advance. Jant, the Emperor's winged Messenger, is called away
from battle to find the daughter of fellow immortal, Lightning.
Cyan has gone missing in the city of Hacilith, and Lightning wants
him to bring her back. But Jant knows better than anyone just how
much trouble a teenager can get into in Hacilith's underworld . . .
So begins a hectic quest. A quest that will take Jant back to his
past, back to the bizarre world of the Shift and, eventually, back
to the Fourlands. Just as it faces a terrifying new threat.
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Fair Rebel (Paperback)
Steph Swainston
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R267
R239
Discovery Miles 2 390
Save R28 (10%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In the fifth book in the Castle series, Steph Swainston returns to
her uniquely imagined fantasy world. Fifteen years after the last
devastating Insect attack, the immortal Circle is finally ready to
launch an offensive against their implacable enemies. This time
they have a new weapon - gunpowder. Hopes are high. But the
Circle's plans are threatened when the vital barrels of gunpowder
go missing. Jant, the Circle's winged messenger, is tasked to
investigate. Soon it becomes clear that the theft is part of a
deadly conspiracy . . . and Jant and his friends are among the
targets. As tensions rise, Jant races to foil the conspirators. Can
he expose them in time - or will the crisis blow the Fourlands
apart?
The phenomenal follow-up to Steph Swainston's acclaimed The Year of
Our War moves us effortlessly into new waters. It has been five
years since the Insects devastated the Fourlands. Reconstruction
proceeds under the watchful eyes of the Circle - the fifty
immortals who serve the Emperor. Jant, the Emperor's winged
Messenger, has other concerns. He suspects his wife is having an
affair and a brilliant newcomer has joined the Circle, displacing
Jant from his rightful position as centre of attention. Worse
still, an inhabited island has been discovered three months' sail
from the Fourlands and the Emperor has enlisted Jant for his
diplomatic mission. Just perfect for a man terrified of the sea.
Unfortunately for Jant, he is a pawn in an ancient political game.
It'd be enough to drive anyone to drugs . . .
The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be
published since China Mieville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A
breathtakingly skilful debut. 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. He is the
only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly. The
Emperor must protect mankind from the hordes of giant Insects who
have plagued the land for centuries, eating everything and everyone
in their path. But he must also contend with the rivalries and
petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. These will will soon
spill over into 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 China Mieville. This is a breathtaking
debut novel of the finest quality.
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