Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the Apt, 2) - Softcover

Tchaikovsky, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529050286 ISBN 13: 9781529050288

Verlag: Tor, 2021

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Every hero must be tested . . .

Dragonfly Falling is the second book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.

The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will be first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark’s walls, they’ll face a force greater than any Lowlander has ever seen. Stenwold Maker predicted this threat, and the Empire's secret service now deems him too dangerous to live. So he’s to be eliminated, and his beloved city of Collegium destroyed. For if this centre of learning is lost, it will crush Lowland resistance.

As the Empire's troops continue their relentless advance, their young Emperor pursues another, even darker goal. And his success would trigger a reign of blood lasting a thousand years.

Dragonfly Falling is followed by the third book in the Shadows of the Apt series, Blood of the Mantis.

Readers love Dragonfly Falling:

‘I loved this just as much as the first’

‘A great mix of action, politics, and characterization’

‘Can't wait to read the next book’

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He's also studied stage-fighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and table-top games.

Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, while And Put Away Childish Things won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction.

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AS WAR RAGES
AN ASSASSIN HIDES IN THE SHADOWS

The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will be first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark’s walls, they’ll face a force greater than any Lowlander has ever seen. Stenwold Maker predicted this threat, and the Empire’s secret service now deems him too dangerous to live. So he’s to be eliminated, and his beloved city of Collegium destroyed. For if this centre of learning is lost, it will crush Lowland resistance.

As the Empire’s troops continue their relentless advance, their young Emperor pursues another, even darker goal. And his success would trigger a reign of blood lasting a thousand years.

Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky

‘Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human’
Patrick Ness

‘Addictively brilliant’
John Gwynne

‘An engrossing story, beautifully told’
SFX

[Cover jpegs of on either side of the centred barcode – Blood of the Mantis and The Tiger and the Wolf]

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1529050286
• ISBN 13: 9781529050288
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688
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