{"product_id":"9781035901388","title":"House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky","description":"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\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43595671961778,"sku":"9781035901388","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781035901388.jpg?v=1705269026","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035901388","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}