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Dragons of Babel, The

By: Tor Books

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Tor Books)

Last Stocked on 10/10/2024

Product Info

Title
Dragons of Babel, The
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Michael Swanwick
Publish Year
2009
Pages
354
Dimensions
4.25x7x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147560686
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

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.