{"product_id":"city-of-last-chances-1-tyrant-philosophers","title":"City of Last Chances #1 Tyrant Philosophers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner' Patrick Ness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Arthur C. Clarke winner and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What will be the spark that lights the conflagration?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite the city's 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ilmar, City of Long Shadows.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e City of Bad Decisions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e City of Last Chances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '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.' \u003cb\u003eDavid Towsey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world.' \u003cb\u003eIan Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.' \u003cb\u003eDjango Wexler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling.' \u003cb\u003eSharon Emmerichs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585263337669,"sku":"","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/City_20of_20Last_20Chances.jpg?v=1716707554","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-last-chances-1-tyrant-philosophers","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}