{"product_id":"house-of-open-wounds-9781035901364","title":"House of Open Wounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe crew of a field hospital in a crusade to scour the world of magic confronts the horrors of war, delivering ragged, holed, and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents. Yasnic, a former priest, healer, and rebel, is sent to war with a box of orphan Gods. The field hospital's crew faces a precarious existence, with their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology, and Yasnics' Gods leading to disbandment, arrest, or worse. Reviews for the book have been positive, with praise for its vivid backdrop, brilliant chaos, ingenious tangle, endless creativity, vivid worldbuilding, and masterful storytelling. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 624 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 August 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind the front lines of a crusade to scour the world of magic, the crew of a field hospital confronts the horrors of war. A companion novel to Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning fantasy novel City of Last Chances, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed, and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the front line. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYasnic, one-time priest, healer, and rebel, finds himself sequestered to a particularly unorthodox medical unit. Led by 'the Butcher, an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the units motley crew of conscripts, healers, and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology, and Yasnics thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested, or worse. Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews for City of Last Chances: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paints a vivid, detailed backdrop\" - SF X \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant chaos ensues\" - Daily Mail \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some of Tchaikovsky's best prose\" - SF Crowsnest \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing tangle... ingenious\" - Locus \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Endlessly creative\" - Patrick Ness \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich, inventive worldbuilding\" - Publishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ilmar.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 434g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 198 x 40 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781035901364\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46513967726842,"sku":"9781035901364","price":7.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1722703324726_book.jpg?v=1722760514","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/house-of-open-wounds-9781035901364","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}