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FROM THE BSFA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CITY OF LAST CHANCESCity-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the front line. Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit. Led by ?_~the Butcher?_T, an ogre of a man who?_Ts a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit?_Ts motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Theirs is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers. Entrusted ?_" for now ?_" with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital?_Ts crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yasnic?_Ts thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse. Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle?_? Reviews for City of Last Chances:?_~Paints a vivid detailed backdrop?_T SFX?_~Brilliant chaos ensues?_T Daily Mail?_~Some of Tchaikovsky?_Ts best prose?_T SF Crowsnest?_~An intriguing tangle?_? ingenious?_T Locus?_~Endlessly creative?_T Patrick Ness?_~Rich, inventive worldbuilding?_T Publishers Weekly?_~Ilmar is vividly alive?_T David Towsey?_~A master at the height of his powers?_T Ian Green?_~An ambitious epic fantasy read?_T Grimdark Magazine
Binding: Hardback
Binding: Hardback