Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt, #1)

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace for decades, bastions of civilization, prosperity and sophistication. They have been protected by treaties, trade and a belief in the reasonable nature of their neighbours. But meanwhile, in far-off corners, the Wasp Empire has been devouring city after city with its highly trained armies, its machines, its killing Art ...And now its hunger for conquest and war has become insatiable. Only the ageing Stenwold Maker, spymaster, artificer and statesman, can see that the long days of peace are over. It falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of his people - as soon a black-and-gold tide will sweep down over the Lowlands and burn away everything in its path. But first he must stop himself from becoming the Empire's latest victim. 'I cannot even begin to explain how much I enjoy the Shadows of the Apt books. Their level of originality and the sheer epic-ness makes for some of the best fantasy entertainment out there' LECBookReviews.com
  • ISBN10 1447208609
  • ISBN13 9781447208600
  • Publish Date 1 March 2012 (first published 4 July 2008)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 April 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Tor
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 624
  • Language English