Adrian Tchaikovsky

City of Last Chances

A magical reality, a city that not always was a city. Worlds within worlds. A revolution. This book doesn’t warm itself to you. It’s a top down view of a revolution. Main characters bedamned. No one has plot armour. This book isnt about anyone but the city itself, which I suppose I should have understood given the title.

The city of Illmare has had a reputation long before the Palleseens invaded. Before the city itself even grew to this gross height and mass. This city has had a reputation from when it was a forest and a town around to. To now this sprawling mass of alleyways, districts, ruins and palaces. Whose to way what happens on the other side of those trees. When the moon is bright and travellers are abroad. To some this is an escape from life under Palleseen occupation. For the Palleseens it is an affront to their view of the world. Something out of order waiting to be put right. This book is about a city full of fate, magic, and ghosts beginning to shake off the controlling hands of the occupiers. It’s about different factions working with and against each other. Both good and awful people. It’s about worlds and even universes beyond the city itself. Because at it’s core this city is only a waypoint. But for some it’s their last chance.

Alice Hyman

A magical reality, a city that not always was a city. Worlds within worlds. A revolution. This book doesn’t warm itself to you. It’s a top down view of a revolution. Main characters bedamned. No one has plot armour. This book isnt about anyone but the city itself, which I suppose I should have understood given the title.

The city of Illmare has had a reputation long before the Palleseens invaded. Before the city itself even grew to this gross height and mass. This city has had a reputation from when it was a forest and a town around to. To now this sprawling mass of alleyways, districts, ruins and palaces. Whose to way what happens on the other side of those trees. When the moon is bright and travellers are abroad. To some this is an escape from life under Palleseen occupation. For the Palleseens it is an affront to their view of the world. Something out of order waiting to be put right. This book is about a city full of fate, magic, and ghosts beginning to shake off the controlling hands of the occupiers. It’s about different factions working with and against each other. Both good and awful people. It’s about worlds and even universes beyond the city itself. Because at it’s core this city is only a waypoint. But for some it’s their last chance.

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City of Last Chances

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