Wolfhound Century

Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist --- and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists. Lom has been chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party. And because of the sliver of angel stone implanted in his head. Review “Sentient water, censored artists, mechanical constructs, old-fashioned detective work, and the secret police are all woven together in this rich and fascinating tapestry.” (Publishers Weekly) “An amazing, fast-paced story in a fantasy world poised dangerously on the edge of quantum probability, a world where angels war with reality.” (Peter F. ...

Author: Higgins Peter
ISBN: 9780316219679
Year of publication: 2013
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Number of pages: 297
Reading time: 4 h. 57 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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