THE CITY'S SON: The Skyscraper Throne, Book One.
Language: English
Published by Flux, Woodbury, MN, 2012
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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First US printing. The author's first novel and the first in a planned trilogy, an "alternately glittering and gritty urban fantasy" set in a future London which has become a battleground. Laid in is the starred review from PW Weekly. 460 pp. Dust jacket art by Chris Nurse. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).
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- Title
- THE CITY'S SON: The Skyscraper Throne, Book One.
- Author
- Pollock, Tom.
- Publisher
- Flux, Woodbury, MN
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- FINE
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0738734306
- ISBN 13
- 9780738734309
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Fantasy: Children and Young Adult
"Glittering and gritty . . . Gorgeously written and brimming with bizarre urban creatures, this darkly imagined and sometimes painful tale should delight fans of Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, and Holly Black." ―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, (starred review)
Running away from her traitorous best friend and her distant father, teenage graffiti artist Beth Bradley is looking for a new home. What she finds is Filius, the ragged crown prince of London’s underworld―a place where glassy spiders steal voices on telephone wires, railwraiths terrorize the train tubes, and deadly scaffwolves stalk the shadows.
Reach, the malign god of demolition, is on a rampage, destroying the creatures of hidden London to lay claim to the skyscraper throne. Caught up in helping Filius raise an alleyway army to battle Reach, Beth soon forgets her old life. But when the enemy claims her best friend, Beth must choose between the acceptance she finds in the streets and the life she left behind.
Praise:
"Imaginative, innovative, and bursting with creativity, this is a wonderfully confident debut that will have even the most critical fantasy fans clamoring for more." ―FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
"Here is a new urban mythology that reminds me of all the magic I've wished I could find hidden behind the scrawling graffiti of my own city. It's gritty, dynamic, and beautiful―I can't wait for more." ―TESSA GRATTON, author of Blood Magic
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About the Author
A longtime fan of science fiction and fantasy, Tom Pollock has spectacularly failed to grow out of his obsession with things that don’t, in the strictest sense of the word, exist. He has his master of fine arts degree from Sussex University and also holds a master's degree in philosophy and economics from Edinburgh University. Pollock works for a global shipping firm based in London. His travels have taken him everywhere from Scotland to Sumatra, but the peculiar magic of London has always drawn him back.
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