{"product_id":"the-year-of-our-war-steph-swainston-9781473221840","title":"The Year of Our War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Mi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e ville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A breathtakingly skilful debut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA superb work of literary fantasy. In a truly original imagined world of breathtaking, sometimes surreal beauty, fifty utterly alien but disarmingly human immortals lead mankind in a centuries-long war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJant is the Messenger, one of the Circle, a cadre of fifty immortals who serve the Emperor. He is the only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Emperor must protect mankind from the hordes of giant Insects who have plagued the land for centuries, eating everything and everyone in their path. But he must also contend with the rivalries and petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. These will will soon spill over into civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteph Swainston has written an astonishingly original literary fantasy. She writes beautifully. Her novel places her in a tradition of writing typified by Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison and China Mi ville. This is a breathtaking debut novel of the finest quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steph Swainston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1473221846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473221840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gollancz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Steph Swainston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935487951103,"sku":"9781473221840","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4b090597-506e-483c-ac0a-5edc5ed090d0.jpg?v=1681420095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-our-war-steph-swainston-9781473221840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}