Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller returns to a world steeped in magic - and
the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason logic and 'perfection' to it. Eres Ffenegh
- "the City on the Back of a Crab" - is the next state slated for conquest by the Palleseen
but its citizens won't give up sovereignty easily and the siege has now dragged into the harsh
Eresi winter. The defenders - both locals and Pal renegades - hold an uneasy alliance against
the enemy at the gates while the Pal army is constantly looking over its shoulder for the next
self-destructive dictate of their government back home. Within the city Devil Jack is the
apprentice to the notorious conjurer and bawd known as the Widow a good man driven to
bargaining with hell to get back what he's lost. Meanwhile Kiffel ea Leachan is the city's
champion a child of privilege who's just lost everything to the invaders. We follow the ups
and downs of both as they try to survive the siege and make their own destinies in a world
that's cut them loose. Outside the city the Pals have been desperately waiting for
reinforcements so they can finally take the city but when new soldiers finally march in with
the winter it's the worst kind of help enough to damn the entire army. THE TYRANT
PHILOSOPHERS 1. City of Last Chances : portrait of Ilmar a city under Palleseen occupation 2.
House of Open Wounds : portrait of the Palleseen war machine at work. 3. Days of Shattered
Faith : portrait of a kingdom consumed piece-by-piece by Palleseen diplomatic subterfuge. 3.1
Lives of Bitter Rain : a prequel novella to Days of Shattered Faith portrait of a life in the
Palleseen diplomatic corps. 4. Pretenders to the Throne of God : portrait of a city under
siege. 5. The Grave of Perfection : will take us back to Ilmar the 'City of Last Chances'
where our story began.
