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Cage of Souls: Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020

Cage of Souls: Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author)

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    Paperback 2019

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Synopsis

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapur, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapur is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity.

Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new is Stefan Advani: rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river and imprisoned him in verdant hell of the jungle's darkest heart; that led him deep into the labyrinths and caverns of the underworld. He will meet with monsters, madman, mutants.

The question is, which one of them will inherit this Earth?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 608
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 03 Oct 2019
ISBN 10: 1788547381
ISBN 13: 9781788547383
Book Overview:

Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth. Epic, far-future SF from an award-winning author.


Media Reviews
PRAISE FOR ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY:
'A timely warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence and super weapons in the hands of unscrupulous powers' Guardian, on Dogs of War.
'A phenomenal author, a modern powerhouse of fiction ... Speculative fiction at its best' Starburst magazine.
'Superior stuff, tackling big themes - gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness - with brio' Financial Times, on Children of Time.
'Thoughtful and emotionally affecting, yet also exciting and unpredictable. 5*' SFX.
'A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' Patrick Ness, on Children of Time.
Author Bio

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and has trained in stage-fighting. He's the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, and his standalone novel Children of Time is the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award. shadowsoftheapt.com @aptshadow