{"product_id":"shadows-of-the-short-days-isbn-9781789094497","title":"Shadows of the Short Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of China Mieville. A tale of revolution in a Reykjavik fuelled by industrialised magic, populated by humans, dimensional exiles, otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and demonic familiars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tale of revolution in a Reykjavik fuelled by industrialised magic, populated by humans, dimensional exiles, otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and demonic familiars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHERE LIES A CITY...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFUELLED BY INDUSTRIALISED MAGIC.\u003cbr\u003eRULED BY A DESPOTIC CROWN.\u003cbr\u003eDEMANDING REVOLUTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWELCOME TO REYKJAVIK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebels and revolutionaries disappear into the infamous prison, the Nine, never to be heard from again. Masked police roam the streets, dark magic lurks in the shadows, and the implacable flying fortress casts its baleful eye over all below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSæmundur, addict and sorcerer, has been cast out from university, and forbidden to study magic. Dissident artist, Garún, is desperate for a just society and will do anything to achieve it.\u003cbr\u003eBoth seek revolution in their own ways. Both seek power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they will change Reykjavik forever.\"Set in a magical Reykjavik, with echoes of China Mieville and the New Weird\" \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A unique setting and a fantasy world reminiscent of China Mieville” Den of Geek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Teeming with magic, dense with detail and with characters that not only leap off the page, but poke you in the eye as they do. Highly recommended’ JOANNE HARRIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A masterfully crafted dark tale...one of the most ambitious, intense, original and thrilling debuts I've read in a long time’ \u003ci\u003eGrimdark Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Shadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is fresh and exciting: full of dark, demonic, revolutionary shenanigans’ PETER NEWMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A heady mix of revolution, monsters and magic, this is a novel of alternative Reykjavik in which myth and religion are alive - and hungry’ ANNA STEPHENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Norse mythology like you've never seen it before, set in a Reykjavik that you never knew existed - \u003ci\u003eShadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a new breed of fantasy’ EDWARD COX\u003ci\u003e, author of The Relic Guild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Shadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is revolutionary fantasy fresher than a dip in a glacial stream.’ GAVIN SMITH\u003ci\u003e, author of The Bastard Legion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers who enjoy urban fantasy writers like China Miéville should enjoy this dark saga\" \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Dan Vilhjálmsson\u003c\/b\u003e is an Icelandic author who lives in Reykjavík. \u003ci\u003eShadows of the Short Days \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel. He writes in both Icelandic and English and is the founder and editor of Iceland's first SFF magazine, \u003ci\u003eFurðusögur\u003c\/i\u003e (Weird Stories). Alexander is also the vocalist and lyricist for Icelandic black metal band Carpe Noctem.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301281779941,"sku":"NP9781789094497","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781789094497.jpg?v=1767736438","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/shadows-of-the-short-days-isbn-9781789094497","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}