Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. 'A refreshingly new take on post-dystopia civilizations, with the smartest evolutionary worldbuilding you'll ever read' Peter F. Read An Excerpt From 'City of Last Chances' by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Nerd Daily Arthur C. Head of Zeus, 29.99 (496p) ISBN 978-1-80110-842-3 The theft of a rare magical amulet becomes the catalyst for revolution in the shady city of Ilmar in. 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' Patrick Ness 'Brilliant science fiction and far out worldbuilding' James McAvoy Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places. City of Last Chances is a story told from the perspective of potentially any citizen of Ilmar. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. Adrian Tchaikovsky is well versed in fantasy, so as an author they are well placed to mix thing up. What will be the spark that lights the conflagration?ĭespite the city's refugees, wanderers, murderers, madmen, fanatics and thieves, the catalyst, as always, will be the Anchorwood – that dark grove of trees, that primeval remnant, that portal, when the moon is full, to strange and distant shores. Kindle 11.99 Rate this book City of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 4.06 907 ratings258 reviews Arthur C.

The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched poor and the burden of its ancient curse.

There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. published last summer, but also of extraordinary standalone novels like Cage of Souls and the newly published City of Last Chances, Adrian Tchaikovsky. What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? Despite the city's refugees, wanderers, murderers, madmen, fanatics and thieves, the catalyst, as always, will be the Anchorwood - that dark grove of trees, that primeval remnant, that portal, when the moon is full, to strange and distant shores.

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