{"product_id":"city-of-last-chances-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781801108447","title":"City of Last Chances","description":"\u003cb\u003eArthur C. Clarke winner Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ilmar, City of Long Shadows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e City of Bad Decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e City of Last Chances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky: \u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant science fiction and far out worldbuilding' James McAvoy \u003cbr\u003e 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' Patrick Ness \u003cbr\u003e 'A refreshingly new take on post-dystopia civilizations, with the smartest evolutionary worldbuilding you'll ever read' Peter F. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Tchaikovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801108447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801108447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Head of Zeus -- An Adastra Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756965064959,"sku":"9781801108447","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82468165-3116-4194-bc7a-d339b6aa67fc.jpg?v=1706594254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-last-chances-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781801108447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}