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The Year of Our War.
by Steph Swainston
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0060753870
- ISBN 13
- 9780060753870
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About This Item
Eos/Harper Collins, 2005. First US Edition. Trade Paperback. Like New. FIRST U.S. EDITION! NICE COVER, CLEAN PAGES, SMALL MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE. From Publishers Weekly: In British author Swainston's first novel, a well-written, if occasionally uneven, fantasy, three humanoid species coexist successfully in a medieval world under the rule of a benevolent, immortal emperor, supported by a circle of 50 immortal warriors. For many centuries, however, this civilization has been under attack by Insects, monstrous creatures who convert everything they conquer into the Paperlands, endless wastelands of bizarre white walls and tunnels. Now one of the immortals, Jant the Messenger, addicted to the hallucinatory drug called cat, which allows him access to an alternate universe, has discovered the Insects' secret. Despite his debilitating addiction, Jant must find a way to preserve his world against the monsters' increasing onslaught. Numerous bloody battles keep the action moving, and Swainston has a powerful sense of the surreal, but her domestic scenes tend to drag and verge on soap opera. Jant is an engaging antihero, though most of the other characters are fairly flat. This off-beat fantasy should appeal to fans of China Miéville's fiction as well as to those who remember Roger Zelazny's Amber series with fondness. Reed Business Information
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- Bookseller
- Cuyahoga Valley Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13877
- Title
- The Year of Our War.
- Author
- Steph Swainston
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060753870
- ISBN 13
- 9780060753870
- Publisher
- Eos/Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- Dresden, Tennessee, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2005
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