City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers)

WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Endlessly creative… so much invention peeking around every corner Patrick Ness Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovskys triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar but never more so than now. 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. What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? Despite the citys 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. Ilmar some say is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places. Ilmar City of Long Shadows. City of Bad Decisions. City of Last Chances. Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas conflicts and a sense of its own history a truly breathtaking fantasy city down every street a compelling story. David Towsey A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world. Ian Green A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar. Django Wexler A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling. Sharon Emmerichs