{"product_id":"9781801108447","title":"City of Last Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST, BEST FANTASY NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner' Patrick Ness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur C. Clarke winner and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat will be the spark that lights the conflagration?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlmar, City of Long Shadows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCity of Bad Decisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCity of Last Chances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history – a truly breathtaking fantasy city, down every street a compelling story.' \u003cb\u003eDavid Towsey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world.' \u003cb\u003eIan Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.' \u003cb\u003eDjango Wexler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling.' \u003cb\u003eSharon Emmerichs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47592956887296,"sku":"9781801108447","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aad90383-ccf2-491b-a9c5-2f845b02db5e.jpg?v=1768332839","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9781801108447","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}