The Promise of the Child by Tom Toner
To call The Promise of the Child one of the most accomplished debuts of 2015 so far is to understate its weight--instead, let me moot that it is among the most significant works of science fiction released in recent years--Torcom
It is the year 1471.
There is a candidate for the Immortal throne in the Amaranthine Firmament's radically advanced post-human worlds: Aaron the Long-Life, the Pretender, a man who isn't quite a man.
An invention is created in the savage hominid kingdoms of the Prism Investiture, where life is short, cheap, and hazardous, and it becomes the Firmament's most carefully guarded secret.
Lycaste, a lovesick recluse who has been driven out for an horrific crime, must travel across the Provinces, battling the grotesques of an ancient, decadent society, in order to find salvation.
Sotiris, bereft of his sister and approaching old age, must repeat his twelve thousand years of life in order to stop the man bent on becoming Emperor.
Ghaldezuel, the Star-Knight, must pillage the Firmament's rarest treasure--an object the Pretender will go to any length to gain.
The Promise of the Child is a debut novel of thrilling action and incredible ambition unfolding over hundreds of thousands of years, marking the entrance of a brilliant new talent in science fiction. From medieval Prague to a lonely Mediterranean cove, and eventually far into the weird emptiness of distant worlds, The Promise of the Child is a debut novel of gripping action and astounding ambition unfolding over hundreds of thousands of years, marking the arrival of a brilliant new talent in science fiction.
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Tom Toner was born in the English county of Somerset in 1986. He migrated to Australia after graduating from Loughborough University and the FHSH in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, with a degree in Fine Art. He taught life drawing and worked in an art gallery near Melbourne. The Promise of the Child, Toner's debut novel, is followed by The Weight of the World. He now resides in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781597808453 |
| ISBN 10 | 1597808458 |
| Title | The Promise of the Child |
| Author | Tom Toner |
| Series | Amaranthine Spectrum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Night Shade Books |
| Year published | 2015-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 460 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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