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Condizione: New. pp.396.

Condizione: New. pp.396.

Condizione: New. pp.396.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. BRITISH FANTASY AWARD AND SUBJECTIVE CHAOS KIND OF AWARD WINNER, AND FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARDS, THIS IS A HAUNTING, MOVING COMING-OF-AGE TALE OF IDENTITY AND BELONGING. Ru is a boy from nowhere. Though he lives somewhere the city of Calcutta his classmates in school remind him he doesn't look like them, and must come from somewhere else. When Ru asks his parents, they tell him he is descended from nomads. But even nomads must come from somewhere. The question, forever on the mind of the boy from nowhere, is where. Ru dreams things that wouldn't seem out of place in the fantasy novels his father read to him when young. Fragments of a culture that doesn't exist in this world, but might in another, where sky and sea are one, and humans sail this eternal ocean on the backs of divine beasts. He dreams of dragons, of serpents impossible. Perhaps Ru remembers dragons. Alone in a city doesn't feel like home, Ru befriends Alice, his neighbour from the nearby Chinatown. They grow as their friendship does, and Ru finds that Calcutta may yet be a home for him. But with his best friend starting to realise that Ru's house and family truly do hide secrets, the question haunts more strongly than ever: where is his family from? Are they truly from nowhere, migrants to this reality? And if so, what strange wings brought them across the vast reaches of impossibility to here and what is their purpose.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. BOLD INDIAN SF LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN-RADICAL, RAW AND ORIGINAL. Between Worlds is the introductory IF anthology of new SFF writing. Eschewing the model of commissioning stories to collect a 'best of, this anthology seeks to ask, with curiosity, what's out there? Thoughtfully curated and shepherded by Gautam Bhatia, it showcases the vibrant and diverse voices shaping Indian speculative fiction today. Blending the surreal with the urgent, these original stories traverse memory and identity, rebellion and love, from queer inter-species romance to interplanetary sleuthing. Alongside the fantastical, the collection confronts the very real-climate catastrophe, AI, surveillance and capitalism-offering bold, unexpected visions from the liminal spaces of Indian SF. …

Soft cover. Condizione: New. What if you've been frozen in stasis for a hundred years for a crime you may or may not have committed? An impoverished young man, Jagat, is found guilty of murder. For his crime, he is sentenced to the highest form of punishmentthe sleep of death for a century, with the promise of revival should his innocence ever be proven. But his act sparks violence in the great city of Peruma, with the Commune, an anarchist collective of workers, revolting against the Council, which has ruled Peruma for four hundred years. Drained by endless conflict, Council and Commune negotiate a hundred-year treaty that is to be enforced by an impartial body: the guardians of the Confederation. And now, a century later, the Charter is a week away from lapsing. Tensions run high in Peruma. As an uncertain future looms, Nila, a young guardian, is approached by a mysterious woman who insists that Jagat's case be reopened before it's too late. Drawn by the prospect of undoing a possible historical injustice, Nila agrees. But as she begins to unearth the past, forces, known and unknown, thwart her at every turn. What secrets does the city hold? Who is working in the shadows against herand why? What is the price of resurrecting a martyr? The Sentence raises questions about justice, rights and ethics that will echo in your mind long after you've turned the last page. 'There may be a time, Guardian, when it doesn't matter whether our peace is founded on the truth or a lie. All that matters is that there is peace.'.…