{"product_id":"9781035914982","title":"Pretenders to the Throne of God","description":"Author: Tchaikovsky, Adrian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035914982\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur C. Clarke winner and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller returns to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea world steeped in magic - and the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason, logic and  perfection  to it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Palleseen s campaign to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world rages on, Eres Ffenegh - \"the City on the Back of a Crab\" - is the next state slated for conquest. But its citizens won t give up sovereignty easily. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe siege has dragged into winter and the defenders - both locals and Pal renegades - hold an uneasy alliance against the enemy at the gates, while the Pal army is looking over its shoulder for the next self-destructive dictate of their government back home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin the city, Devil Jack, a good man apprenticed to the notorious conjurer known as the Widow, is driven to bargaining with hell to get back what he s lost. Meanwhile Kiffel ea Leachan is the city s champion, a child of privilege who s just lost everything to the invaders. Both must try to survive the siege and make their own destinies in a world that s cut them loose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutside the city, Pal reinforcements have arrived to take the city, but it s the sort of help that might just damn them all...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eTHE TYRANT PHILOSOPHERS\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eCity of Last Chances\u003c\/i\u003e- portrait of Ilmar, a city under Palleseen occupation\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eHouse of Open Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e- portrait of the Palleseen war machine at work.\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eDays of Shattered Faith\u003c\/i\u003e- portrait of a kingdom consumed, piece-by-piece, by Palleseen diplomatic subterfuge.\u003cbr\u003e3.1 \u003ci\u003eLives of Bitter Rain\u003c\/i\u003e- a prequel novella to Days of Shattered Faith, portrait of a life in the Palleseen diplomatic corps.\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003ePretenders to the Throne of God\u003c\/i\u003e- portrait of a city under siege.\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe Grave of Perfection\u003c\/i\u003e- will take us back to Ilmar, the 'City of Last Chances' where our story began.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47509059928222,"sku":"UBD-9781035914982","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035914982.jpg?v=1780640900","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035914982","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}