The Dragons of Babel

by Swanwick, Michael
3.1 out of 5 Customer Rating
ISBN: 9780765331144
Availability:
$11.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9780765331144
Pickup at HPB West Lane Avenue Out of stock at HPB West Lane Avenue Check other stores
FREE
Ship to Me
$3.99

Overview

A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner

A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal.

Evacuated to the Tower of Babel--infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City--Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint politician, meets his one true love-a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.

You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Swanwick, Michael
  • ISBN: 9780765331144
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2011

Customer Reviews