![]() ![]() ![]() His deliciously descriptive prose has an unmatched ability to paint every corner of the worlds in his imagination with the kind of detail that invites the reader to become lovingly lost in an unfamiliar landscape and yet able to navigate every street by knowing the texture of every brick and the sound of every footstep. ![]() Although many have visited the Reproach in search of their fortune, few have returned, and even fewer with their sanity.Īuthor Adrian Tchaikovsky is a name synonymous with the kind of world-building that SFF demands. ![]() Yet the real reason the Pallseen want Ilmar is because it sits on the edge of the Reproach, a long abandoned ruinous city, filled with countless decadent and magical treasures that unfortunately are guarded by a population of cursed, lost souls and undead demons. The titular City of Last Chances is the city of Ilmar, a disparate and dangerous place where the local population are occupied by the Pallseen, a nation of serial invaders intent on unifying the world into conformity by insidiously replacing language and customs, and eradicating the history and culture of each land that they touch.īut the old ways and beliefs have a habit of perpetuating and there’s an ancient power to those customs that the Pallssen covet, as they do all power. ![]()
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