The Year of Our War
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Miéville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A breathtakingly skilful debut.
Fourlands Series
This series plunges readers into a world locked in a brutal war against monstrous insectoid armies. Our protagonist, uniquely gifted with flight, serves as the Emperor's messenger, navigating the treacherous political landscape of immortal beings. He grapples with personal demons and the threat of civil war while uncovering secrets of a dangerous alternate reality. It's an epic tale of duty, conflict, and the search for truth in a fantastical and perilous setting.
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No Present Like Time
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The phenomenal follow-up to Steph Swainston's acclaimed The Year of Our War moves us effortlessly into new waters.
Fourlands Series - 3: Dangerous Offspring
- 323 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Steph Swainston returns to the dazzling, dizzying world of the Fourlands with the audacious sequel to her acclaimed novels The Year of Our War and No Present Like Time . Jant Comet, the messenger, has survived deadly insects, internecine politics, and even his own debilitating, life-threatening addiction. But now he faces a challenge greater than any he has met in the last several centuries, one that could shake the foundations of the Fourlands forever. For the Emperor himself is riding to the front, and nothing is as it seems . . .
Above the Snowline
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
This is the book Steph Swainston's fans have been waiting for. A prequel to the Castle novels.
Fair Rebel
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
In the fifth book in the Castle series, Steph Swainston returns to her uniquely imagined fantasy world.
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The castle omnibus
- 867 pages
- 31 hours of reading
50 immortals, chosen by the emperor lead humanity in an endless war against hordes of ginant insects. Their immortality, conferred on them by the emperror can be taken away if they lose a challange to be part of the circle of 50. Jant, the emperor's drug-addicted messanger, the only man who can fly, tells the story of mankinds savage fight for survival in a uniquely imagined, beautiful fantasy world.