But there’s much more than strange magic stirring up trouble in Ilmar-Palleseen occupiers are working to stamp out local religion and culture in their endless pursuit of perfection, and the occupation has made for strange bedfellows among traditionally unfriendly neighbors, with natives and foreigners, workers and nobles, thieves and academics finding themselves thrown together under the Palleseen thumb. And so when I saw that he was diving back into fantasy with City of Last Chances, it was easy to put in an ARC request.Ĭity of Last Chances takes place in the city of Ilmar, a secondary-world fantasy locale with a couple uncanny elements that go beyond run-of-the-mill magic: the Reproach that captures the minds of most who dare enter, and the Anchorwood that bends the rules of space to connect to far-distant outposts, but with great cost to those not sufficiently warded. I’ve loved nearly everything I’ve read of his-including my favorite novellas of both this year and last year, plus the terrific Children of Time that seems the most popular entry point into his work-and his output is so high that there’s never a risk of running out of things to read. Since getting back into sci-fi and fantasy a few years ago, Adrian Tchaikovsky has been one of my favorite discoveries. City of Last Chances will be released on December 8, 2022. This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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