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24%OFFGuy Gavriel Kay - Under Heaven - 9780007342105 - 9780007342105
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Under Heaven

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Description for Under Heaven paperback. An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape. Num Pages: 576 pages, map. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426.

An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.

Honour is beyond measure
But its price may be an empire…

For two years Shen Tai has mourned his celebrated father and lived like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire. There, by a mountain lake, the bones of ... Read more

Tai has laboured alone, laying to rest the mingled dead of both empires, until a letter arrives. It contains the promise of a poisoned chalice: Tai will be given two hundred and fifty Sardian horses by the Tagurans, legendary steeds from the far west, as a reward for his courage and piety.

Now, Tai must try to return alive from solitude to a glittering, dangerous court. For to give a man even one of the famed Sardians is to honour him greatly; to give him so many is a reward which would overwhelm an emperor, and could be Tai's death warrant.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007342105
SKU
9780007342105
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay was born and raised in Canada. In 1974-5 he spent a year in Oxford assisting Christopher Tolkien in his editorial construction of J R R Tolkien’s posthumously published THE SILMARILLION. He took a law degree at the University of Toronto on his return to Canada and was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. Guy Gavriel ... Read more

Reviews for Under Heaven
Praise for UNDER HEAVEN: ‘An impressive, absorbing performance by one of fantasy's top writers’ Daily Mail ‘Kay delivers an exquisitely detailed vision of a land much like Tang Dynasty China… the complex intrigues of poets, prostitutes, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Under Heaven


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