The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick
A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner
A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal.
Evacuated to the Tower of Babel--infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City--Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint politician, meets his one true love-a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.
You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780765319500 |
| ISBN 10 | 0765319500 |
| Title | The Dragons of Babel |
| Author | Michael Swanwick |
| Series | Tom Doherty Associates Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 318 |
| Prizes | Winner of Alex Awards 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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