{"product_id":"the-failures-isbn-9780756415273","title":"The Failures","description":"\u003cb\u003eScreenrant 10 Most Anticipated Books in Sci-fi Coming Out in July\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookBub All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Need To Read Right Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Liar’s writing is like the world it depicts: a finely-tuned piece of clockwork…\u003cb\u003ethe sort of book I could read again and again\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Christopher Ruocchio, internationally award-winning author of the Sun Eater novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a debut voice comes a genre-breaking blend of apocalyptic sci-fi and epic fantasy about a scattered group of unlikely heroes traveling across their broken mechanical planet to stave off eternal darkness. A tightly-coiled puzzle of a thrill ride, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e launches The Wanderlands trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Wanderlands. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vast machine made for reasons unknown, the Wanderlands was broken long ago. First went the sky, splintering and cracking, and then very slowly, the whole machine—the whole world—began to go dark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet the Failures. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the summons of a strange dream, a scattering of adventurers, degenerates, and children find themselves drawn toward the same place: the vast underground Keep. They will discover there that they have been called for a purpose—and that purpose could be the destruction of everything they love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe end is nigh. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor below the Keep, imprisoned in the greatest cage ever built by magicians and gods, lies the buried Giant. It is the most powerful of its kind, and its purpose is the annihilation of all civilization. But any kind of power, no matter how terrible, is precious in the dimming Wanderlands, and those that crave it are making their moves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll machines can be broken, and the final cracks are spreading. It will take only the careless actions of two cheerful monsters to tip the Wanderlands towards an endless dark...or help it find its way back to the light.\"\u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e reminds me of so many good things, not least Stephen King’s Dark Tower stories and Mervyn Peake’s arch-Gothic creation, Gormenghast.  I also detected undertones of China Miéville, Roger Zelazny, Ursula Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, as well as other amazing fantasy and science-fiction writers. Most importantly, though, whatever his influences might truly be, Benjamin Liar has a new and unique voice of his very own, and \u003cb\u003ethis book is one of the best things I’ve read in a long, long time\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cb\u003e—Tad Williams, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"What makes \u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e so gripping as a novel is that it \u003cb\u003emanages to balance the heaviness and the hope at the same time, the desperate, painful battles and choices with that first glimmer of adventure\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Sasha Bonkowsky, \u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eInnovative and fascinating! \u003c\/b\u003eRecommended!\"\u003cb\u003e —C. J. Cherryh, Hugo award-winning author of the Foreigner series\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Quirky and wondrous, \u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e presents \u003cb\u003ea fantastical world filled with enigmas and magic,\u003c\/b\u003e engaging oddball characters, exotic tableaus, and meticulous worldbuilding.” \u003cb\u003e—Kevin J. Anderson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e-bestselling coauthor of Dune: House Atreides\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Liar’s writing is like the world it depicts: a finely-tuned piece of clockwork. \u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of science fantasy little made these days—sacrificing neither the fantastic for the scientific, nor the reverse, but offering both—and \u003cb\u003ethe sort of book I could read again and again\u003c\/b\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—Christopher Ruocchio, internationally award-winning author of the Sun Eater novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of book you find maybe once, under a blood moon, if you’re lucky enough to wander off the trail...\u003cb\u003ean unabashed triumph of speculative fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e It’s not exactly science fiction, not quite fantasy...deep, thrilling (I’m looking at you, Deadsmith), and masterfully atmospheric.” \u003cb\u003e—Daniel Cohen, author of the Coldmaker Saga\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful and gripping fantasy tale of misfits trying to save the world in their own twisted ways...engulfs the reader in a sinister yet thrilling chase where intentions, good or bad, are never quite enough. Benjamin Liar is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller who reinvents dark fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e through familiar tropes he takes an obvious pleasure in deconstructing. If you love Steven Erikson, Patrick Rothfuss, or the early VanderMeer, you will immediately be hooked.” \u003cb\u003e—Seb Doubinsky, author of \u003ci\u003eMissing Signal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Liar\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, musician, filmmaker and game designer. He has been writing for most of his life, but \u003ci\u003eThe Failures\u003c\/i\u003e is his first published novel. He has performed his music under many names and in many places and recently published a virtual reality game. 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