Thunderer - Felix Gilman

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Title
Thunderer
Author
Felix Gilman
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Spectra
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20080930

In this breathtaking debut novel, one man embarks on a thrilling and treacherous quest for his people's lost god-in a labyrinthine Dickensian city that is either blessed . . . or haunted.

Arjun arrives in Ararat just as a magnificent winged creature sails over the city. It is the day of the return of that long-awaited mystical creature: the great Bird. As it soars across the land, as the city's mapless streets are transformed, as the great river changes its course, as the territories of the city's avian life are redrawn, crowds cheer and guns salute. Then comes the time for the Bird's power to be trapped-within the hull of the floating warship Thunderer, now a living temple to the Bird, and a terrible new weapon to be used, allegedly, in the interests of all of Ararat.

Hurtled into this convulsing world is Arjun, who will unwittingly unleash a dark power beyond his imagining-and dare to test Ararat's moving boundaries. For in this city of gods, he has come to search among them, not to hide.

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Felix Gilman lives with his wife in New York City. Thunderer is his first novel.

"Gilman takes his readers on a journey through a world of deep and wondrous impossibilities where marvels lurk around every corner. His infinite city and the lives of its people quickly become an irresistible compulsion- I imagine an evening where Dickens, Miyazaki, and Jules Verne sat down to dream up a metropolis and its wrangling multitudes. Thunderer will leave you wide eyed, breathless and hoping for more."-David Keck, author of In the Eye of Heaven

"Memorably inventive, with intriguing characters ... impressive."-Kirkus Reviews

"Gilman is far above average for a first novelist."-Booklist

"Entrancing. A subtle mix of magic realism and epic fantasy, with the beauty of the former and the worldbuilding of the latter. Recommended for any who want to sit back for a spell and just dream." -Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn

"Incredibly imaginative-a brilliant new author." -Jeff VanderMeer, author of Shriek

"Carries the day with panache and boldness and ingenuity.What Gilman has achieved here is something exotic and Borgesian, a novel that never stumbles or disappoints."-SciFi.com, Grade: A

Type
BOOK
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
544

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