{"product_id":"9781035901364","title":"House of Open Wounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tchaikovsky, Adrian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035901364\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 624 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehind the front lines of a crusade to scour the world of magic, the crew of a field hospital confront the horrors of war. A companion novel to Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning fantasy novel \u003ci\u003eCity of Last Chances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCity-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLed by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Theirs is an unspeakable trade- elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntrusted for now with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital's crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yasnic's thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eCity of Last Chances\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e'Paints a vivid detailed backdrop' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSF\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant chaos ensues' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Some of Tchaikovsky's best prose' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSF Crowsnest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intriguing tangle - ingenious' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Endlessly creative' \u003cb\u003ePatrick Ness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rich, inventive worldbuilding' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ilmar is vividly alive' \u003cb\u003eDavid Towsey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master at the height of his powers' \u003cb\u003eIan Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An ambitious epic fantasy read' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrimdark Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643208978590,"sku":"UBD-9781035901364","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035901364.jpg?v=1774484027","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035901364","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}