Smoke and Stone - Couverture souple

Fletcher, Michael R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1687384312 ISBN 13 : 9781687384317

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

The gods went to war. Humanity almost didn’t survive.

After a cataclysmic war among a thousand pantheons, the last of humanity clings to life in Bastion — a colossal ringed city carved from a single piece of stone, surrounded by an endless desert haunted by the dead. The surviving gods rule through a rigid caste system, feeding on the worship of the mortals they “saved.” The rich rings thrive. The outer rings starve. And the peace is a lie held together by fear, faith, and public sacrifice.

Nuru is a street sorcerer from the outer ring — a gang member, a survivor, and an untrained talent who fuels her magic with narcotics and sheer will. When a banished god contacts her from beyond the wall, she sees a chance to change everything. She has no idea what she’s agreeing to.

Akachi is a priest of Cloud Serpent, born to privilege in the inner rings. Sent to bring order to the outer ring, he discovers that everything he was taught about Bastion — its gods, its history, its justice — may be a carefully constructed lie.
Their paths collide as Mother Death claws her way back into the city, and the war of the gods begins again — with Bastion’s last humans caught in the middle.

“The fertile soil of Mesoamerican mythology, warped through the lens of Fletcher’s hyperkinetic imagination, yields hypnotic, terrifying results.” — Brian Staveley

“Deranged. Bleak. Brilliant.” — JamReads

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Présentation de l'éditeur

After a cataclysmic war of the gods, the last of humanity huddles in Bastion, a colossal ringed city. Beyond the outermost wall lies endless desert haunted by the souls of all the world’s dead. Trapped in a rigid caste system, Nuru, a young street sorcerer, lives in the outer ring. She dreams of escape and freedom. When something contacts her from beyond the wall, she risks everything and leaps at the opportunity. Mother Death, a banished god seeking to reclaim her place in Bastion’s patchwork pantheon, has found her way back into the city. Akachi, born to the wealth and splendour of Bastion’s inner rings, is a priest of Cloud Serpent, Lord of the Hunt. A temple-trained sorcerer, he is tasked with bringing peace to the troublesome outer ring. Drawn into a dark and violent world of assassins, gangs, and street sorcerers, he battles the spreading influence of Mother Death in a desperate attempt to save Bastion. The gods are once again at war.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1687384312
• ISBN 13: 9781687384317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
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