City of Last Chances

In the book "Ilmar," the city of Ilmar is occupied by the Palleseen, and it is on the verge of revolution. The catalyst that lights the conflagration is the Anchorwood, a dark grove of trees that is a portal to strange and distant shores. The book is filled with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history, and is described as epic symphonic fantasy. It has a cast of fascinating characters and is set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 528 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

2024 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST, BEST FANTASY NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL




Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner




Patrick Ness Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution.




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.




What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? 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.




Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places.




Ilmar, City of Long Shadows. City of Bad Decisions. City of Last Chances.




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.




David Towsey




A master at the height of his powers.




This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world.




Ian Green




A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.




Django Wexler




A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive, and hypnotically compelling.




Sharon Emmerichs

Weight: 352g
Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801108447