{"product_id":"9781035071692","title":"Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky","description":"Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky's Made Things is a dark yet whimsical fantasy tale full of magic, half-mages and puppet companions.   Making friends could mean the difference between ruin and great reward . . .   Welcome to Fountains Parish - a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mould on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief and a trickster with a small talent for magic. She also has something other thieves don't . . . tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They don't entirely trust her, and she doesn't entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works. But can it survive a far bigger challenge than picking a pocket or two?A local crime lord has noted Coppelia's success and compels her to assist in a high-stakes heist: breaking into a mage's palace to plunder its treasures. She knows this illicit adventure could either break her or make all their fortunes. But a surprising discovery shakes their world to the core - and Coppelia and her friends are forced to face a threat to the great city itself.   Includes the bonus short story, `Precious Little Things'!* * *Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky`One of the best storytellers in the business' - John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War on Service Model`Addictively brilliant!' - John Gwynne, author of Malice on The Tiger and the Wolf`Few contemporary writers have Adrian Tchaikovsky's range, excelling at chunky far-future hard SF as well as high-fantasy epics' - The Guardian\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55896355733877,"sku":"9781035071692","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035071692.jpg?v=1756976714","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035071692","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}