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The Dragons of Babel First edition
Michael Swanwick
The Dragons of Babel First edition
Michael Swanwick
A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner!
A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal.
Evacuated to the Tower of Babel--infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City--Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint politician, meets his one true love?a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.
You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 11, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780765331144 |
Publishers | Tor Books |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 159 × 21 × 229 mm · 430 g |
Language | English |
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