{"product_id":"books-the-phoenix-exultant-by-john-c-wright","title":"The Phoenix Exultant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnd now \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Exultant\u003c\/i\u003e, a second epic novel of an heroic quest in a far future world of super-science from an important new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Exultant\u003c\/i\u003e is a continuation of the story begun in \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e and, like it, a grand space opera in the tradition of Jack Vance and Roger Zelazny (with a touch of Cordwainer Smith-style invention).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the conclusion of the first book, Phaethon of Radamanthus House, was left an exile from his life of power and privilege. Now he embarks upon a quest across the transformed solar system--Jupiter is a second sun, Mars and Venus terraformed, humanity immortal--among humans, intelligent machines, and bizarre life-forms, to recover his memory, to regain his place in society and to move that society away from stagnation and toward the stars. And most of all Phaethon's quest is to regain ownership of the magnificent starship, the Phoenix Exultant, the most wonderful ship ever built, and to fly her to the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an astounding story of super-science, a thrilling wonder story that recaptures the verve of SF's Golden Age writers \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Exultant\u003c\/i\u003e is a suitably grand and stirring fulfillment of the promise shown in \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003eand confirms John C. Wright as a major new talent in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505256456465,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783039440436.jpg?v=1778093646","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-phoenix-exultant-by-john-c-wright","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}