<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Five-time Hugo Award winner Swanwick delivers a fantasy masterpiece in his sequel to "The Iron Dragon's Daughter." A smart, stark steampunk fantasy. Original and dashing, "The Dragons of Babel" is a breath of fresh air.--"Starlog."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner! <p/>A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal. <p/>Evacuated to the Tower of Babel--infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City--Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint politician, meets his one true love-a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to. <p/>You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"<i>The Dragons of Babel</i> is an unqualified masterpiece representing the pinnacle of modern fantasy. Simply put, it is great fantasy as great literature." --<i>SF Site.com<br></i> <p/>"A smart, stark steampunk fantasy. It's gritty and magical and, in sensibility, is similar to Neil Gaiman's <i>Neverwhere</i> and <i>MirrorMask. </i>Original and dashing, <i>The Dragons of Babel</i> is a breath of fresh air." --<i>Starlog</i> <p/>"If you haven't read Michael Swanwick yet, you've been missing some wonderful prose.... Con men and ward heelers, cluricauns and hobgoblins, and a stunningly beautiful elf-woman who rides a hippogriff all entice and enrapture Will, and the reader as well." --<i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>MICHAEL SWANWICK lives in Philadelphia, PA. He has won five Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award (for Best Novel).</p>
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