Tooth and Claw

by Jo Walton

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The tale of a five siblings dealing with the death of their father, of a son who goes to law for his inheritance, a son who agonizes over his father's deathbed confession, a daughter who falls in love, a daughter who becomes involved in the abolition movement, and a daughter sacrificing herself for her husband. Except that everyone in the story is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. Here is a world of politics and train stations, of churchmen and old family retainers, of courtship and country houses. And in which, on the death of an elder, family members gather to eat the body of the deceased. In which society's high and mighty members avail themselves of the privilege of killing and eating the weaker children, which they do with ceremony and relish, growing stronger thereby.
  • ISBN10 125024272X
  • ISBN13 9781250242723
  • Publish Date 12 November 2019 (first published 1 November 2003)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Tor Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Language English