Unwrapped Sky (Caeli-Amur, 1) - Softcover

Davidson, Rjurik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447252381 ISBN 13: 9781447252382

Verlag: Tor, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Caeli-Amur: an ancient city harbouring hidden mysteries, ruled by three warring Houses. Once, the gods used magic ­- or thaumaturgy - to create reality. Now, under the oppression of the controlling classes, that magic seems like a dream.

But things are changing in Caeli-Amur. Ancient minotaurs arrive for the traditional Festival of the Sun and New-Men bring wondrous technology from their homeland. Hideously disfigured Wastelanders stream into the city and strikes break out in the factory district.

Three very different people may hold the key to the city's survival but only if they can put aside their own personal vendettas.

The philosopher-assassin Kata has debts that need settling and will do anything to ensure they're met - but can she put a price on the ultimate betrayal? Meanwhile the ambitious bureaucrat Boris Autec rises through the ranks, turning his back on everything he once believed, and soon his private life turns to ashes. Elsewhere, the idealistic seditionist Maximilian resolves to overturn the tyranny dominating the city, and hatches a mad plot to unlock the secrets of the Great Library of Caeli Enas, drowned in the fabled city at the bottom of the sea.

In a novel of startling originality and riveting suspense, these three individuals risk everything for a future they can only create by throwing off the shackles of tradition and superstition. As their destinies collide, the destruction will either transform the ancient city . . . or ruin it.

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Rjurik Davidson is a winner of the Ditmar Award as Best New Talent and the Aurealis Award for his short fiction. His first book was a collection, The Library of Forgotten Books. A columnist, and a literary and film critic, he lives in Melbourne, Australia. The Stars Askew is his second novel, following Unwrapped Sky.

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Caeli-Amur: an ancient city, ruled by warring Houses. Once, the gods used magic ­- or thaumaturgy - to shape the future. Now, that magic seems like a distant memory.

But things are changing in Caeli-Amur and three very different people are key to the city's survival - if they can put aside their own personal vendettas.

The philosopher-assassin Kata has debts and will do anything to clear them. The ambitious bureaucrat Boris Autec rises through the ranks, turning his back on everything he once believed in. Elsewhere, the idealistic seditionist Maximilian hatches a plot to unlock the secrets of the Great Library in the drowned city of Caeli Enas.

As their destinies collide, they will either transform Caeli-Amur . . . or ruin it.

'Rjurik has a brilliant, fecund imagination'
Hannu Rajaniemi

'An amazing debut'
Scott Westerfeld

[Twitter logo] @RjurikDavidson

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Caeli-Amur: an ancient city harbouring hidden mysteries, ruled by three warring Houses. Once, the gods used magic ­- or thaumaturgy - to create reality. Now, under the oppression of the controlling classes, that magic seems like a dream.

But things are changing in Caeli-Amur. Ancient minotaurs arrive for the traditional Festival of the Sun and New-Men bring wondrous technology from their homeland. Hideously disfigured Wastelanders stream into the city and strikes break out in the factory district.

Three very different people may hold the key to the city's survival but only if they can put aside their own personal vendettas.

The philosopher-assassin Kata has debts that need settling and will do anything to ensure they're met - but can she put a price on the ultimate betrayal? Meanwhile the ambitious bureaucrat Boris Autec rises through the ranks, turning his back on everything he once believed, and soon his private life turns to ashes. Elsewhere, the idealistic seditionist Maximilian resolves to overturn the tyranny dominating the city, and hatches a mad plot to unlock the secrets of the Great Library of Caeli Enas, drowned in the fabled city at the bottom of the sea.

In a novel of startling originality and riveting suspense, these three individuals risk everything for a future they can only create by throwing off the shackles of tradition and superstition. As their destinies collide, the destruction will either transform the ancient city . . . or ruin it.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1447252381
• ISBN 13: 9781447252382
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 433
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