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Pretenders to the Throne of God

By (author) Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller returns to a world steeped in magic â€“ and the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason, logic and â€˜perfectionâ€™ to it. Eres Ffenegh â€” â€œthe City on the Back of a Crabâ€ â€” is the next state slated for conquest by the Palleseen, but its citizens wonâ€™t give up sovereignty easily, and the siege has now dragged into the harsh Eresi winter. The defenders â€“ both locals and Pal renegades â€“ hold an uneasy alliance against the enemy at the gates, while the Pal army is constantly looking over its shoulder for the next self-destructive dictate of their government back home. Within the city, Devil Jack is the apprentice to the notorious conjurer and bawd known as the Widow, a good man driven to bargaining with hell to get back what heâ€™s lost. Meanwhile Kiffel ea Leachan is the cityâ€™s champion, a child of privilege whoâ€™s just lost everything to the invaders. We follow the ups and downs of both as they try to survive the siege and make their own destinies in a world thatâ€™s cut them loose. Outside the city, the Pals have been desperately waiting for reinforcements so they can finally take the city, but when new soldiers finally march in with the winter itâ€™s the worst kind of help, enough to damn the entire army. THE TYRANT PHILOSOPHERS 1. City of Last Chances: portrait of Ilmar, a city under Palleseen occupation 2. House of Open Wounds: portrait of the Palleseen war machine at work. 3. Days of Shattered Faith: portrait of a kingdom consumed, piece-by-piece, by Palleseen diplomatic subterfuge. 3.1 Lives of Bitter Rain: a prequel novella to Days of Shattered Faith, portrait of a life in the Palleseen diplomatic corps. 4. Pretenders to the Throne of God: portrait of a city under siege. 5. The Grave of Perfection: will take us back to Ilmar, the 'City of Last Chances' where our story began.

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