The cast of dozens and numerous crisscrossing plots demand close attention, but Tchaikovsky’s muscular prose propels the story forward even as he sketches in each character with deft strokes. There’s both irony and drama in the situation: every person-from the highest-ranking Pallesandian official to lowly tavern owners-has a key role to play in the incipient rebellion. Through multiple perspectives, the novel takes a kaleidoscopic look at the diverse levels of Illmar’s society, including laborers who enslave demons from alternate dimensions to do their work rabble-rousing thieves looking to create chaos scholars and students struggling to preserve Illmar’s past even as they come under fire in the present and foreigners from the wild territories just outside of city boundaries with their own powers and secrets.Įvents spin out of control. The shocking murder of a Pallesandian official and the theft of his magic wards sets off a wild chain of events that leads the city toward an uprising. Illmar was recently conquered by Pallesand, an authoritarian nation. Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The City of Lost Chances is a gritty adventure fantasy of uncommon breadth, fashioning a universe brimming with magic and treachery.
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