{"product_id":"house-of-open-wounds-9781035901364","title":"House of Open Wounds","description":"\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eCity of Last Chances\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Tchaikovsky\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. 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 \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eShards of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus -- An Adastra Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186206998802,"sku":"9781035901364","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0efeb30e-1d90-486b-85db-07916e46c3b1.jpg?v=1744616236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/house-of-open-wounds-9781035901364","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}