Description
This is the book Steph Swainston's fans have been waiting for. A prequel to the Castle novels.
This is Jant Shira's life before the drugs took over, as a hunter in the mountains. Awian exiles are building a stronghold in the Darkling mountains, where the Rhydanne hunt. Their clash of interests soon leads to bloodshed and Shira Dellin, a Rhydanne huntress, appeals to the immortal Circle for justice. The Emperor sends Jant, half-Rhydanne, half-Awian, and all-confidence, to mediate.
As Jant is drawn into the spiralling violence he is shaken into coming to terms with his own heritage and his feelings for the alien, intoxicating Dellin.
ABOVE THE SNOWLINE tells the story of Jant's early years in the Circle and shows the Fourlands as you've never seen them before.
About the Author
Steph Swainston is a qualified archaeologist with a degree from Cambridge and a research degree. She worked as archaeologist for six years, working on the dig that researched the oldest recorded burial site in the UK, before working as an information scientist. She lives in Wokingham.
Reviews
Swainston combines light and dark, gore and grime with cheeky humour - SFXSwainston paints a world that is vividly rendered, detailed and surprisingly gritty. Imaginative, inventive and wholly thrilling stuff - SCI FI NOW
Book Information
ISBN 9781473222007
Author Steph Swainston
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Gollancz
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 28mm
