The Escapement - (Engineer Trilogy) by K J Parker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A remarkable new voice in fantasy fiction pens an exquisitely crafted tale of revenge in "The Engineer Trilogy," which follows an embittered hero who takes up arms against his enemies using the only weapons he has left to him: his ingenuity and his passion.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The astonishing conclusion to the Engineer Trilogy, an exquisitely crafted tale of revenge from a unique and remarkable new voice in fantasy fiction.</b> <p/>The engineer Ziani Vaatzes engineered a war to be reunited with his family. The deaths were regrettable, but he had no choice. <p/>Duke Valens dragged his people into the war to save the life of one woman -- a woman whose husband he then killed. He regrets the evil he's done, but he, equally, had no choice. <p/>Secretary Psellus never wanted to rule the Republic, or fight a desperate siege for its survival. As a man of considerable intelligence, he knows that he has a role to play -- and little choice but to accept it. <p/>The machine has been built. All that remains is to set it in motion.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>I have reviewed books before that I thought might someday be found to have achieved greatness.... But I am trying to be precise in my use of the word when I tell you that K.J. Parker is writing work after work that demands to be placed in that category. --<i><b>Orson Scott Card on The Engineer trilogy</b></i><br><br>This is grown-up fantasy blessed with humour, intelligence and... panache. A bravura display of intricate storytelling and artfully-doled-out revelations.--<i><b>SFX</b></i><br><br>When so many fantasy sagas are tired, warmed-over affairs, a writer like K.J. Parker is more of a hurricane than a breath of fresh air.--<i><b>Dreamwatch</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>K.J. Parker</b> is a pseudonym for Tom Holt. He was born in London in 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines; interests which led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialized in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. He lives in Chard, Somerset, with his wife and daughter.
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