The Tangled Lands
by Paolo Bacigalupi; Tobias S. Buckell
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Pub Date Mar 08 2018 | Archive Date Mar 05 2018
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Description
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Khaim clings to life. Flooded with refugees and slowly starving, the last city of a once-great empire is surrounded by a choking thicket of poisonous bramble. This is a world where magic is toxic. Every time a spell is cast, the bramble advances, sprouting in tilled fields and roof beams, thrusting up from between cobblestones and bursting forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more – until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines. Armies hack and burn... but in a world that can't give up magic's sweet succour, the bramble can't be stopped.
Or can it? After ten years of research, an alchemist believes he has found a potent new weapon to wield against the bramble. His invention promises freedom from fear, freedom from hunger, freedom from the rule Khaim's tyrant, The Jolly Mayor. But this is not an exchange the Jolly Mayor is willing to contemplate...
Award-winning authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell have created a fantasy for our times, exploring a world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses a little magic, and someone else always pays the price.
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Please be aware, this is a sampler of The Tangled Lands and not the finished text.
Advance Praise
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"It’s ridiculous how good this book is. . . almost as rich and shocking as William Gibson’s vision was in 1984" TIME
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781788544757 |
| PRICE | £18.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 304 |
Featured Reviews
Fiona C, Reviewer
The Alchemist made for a most tantalising introduction to this book, which will contain four novellas upon release.
We're introduced to a country where magic carries more immediate consequences than are usually shown - free use has resulted in a plague of almost-indestructible bramble sweeping across the country to choke whole cities out of existence. Our titular alchemist may have been able to forge a solution; but if it was that easy, there wouldn't be a story to begin with.
The writing is extraordinary, and the story it's telling is original and drew me in in a heartbeat. I'll eagerly be awaiting the release of the full novel..
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