{"product_id":"seven-surrenders-book-2-of-terra-ignota-paperback","title":"Seven Surrenders: Book 2 of Terra Ignota - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAda Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ken Liu, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war...a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed locations, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMycroft Canner, convict, sentenced to wander the globe in service to all, knows more about this conspiracy than he can ever admit. Carlyle Foster, counselor, sensayer, has secrets as well, and they burden Carlyle beyond description. And both Mycroft and Carlyle are privy to the greatest secret of all: Bridger, the child who can bring inanimate objects to life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShot through with astonishing invention, Ada Palmer's \u003ci\u003eSeven Surrenders\u003c\/i\u003e is the next movement in one of the great science fiction epics of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSeven Surrenders\u003c\/i\u003e veers expertly between love, murder, mayhem, parenthood, theology, and high politics. I haven't had this much fun with a book in a long time.\" --Max Gladstone, author of \u003ci\u003eThree Parts Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerra Ignota\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eToo Like the Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eSeven Surrenders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Battle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eADA PALMER is the author of the Terra Ignota series, including \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Battle\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor in the history department of the University of Chicago, specializing in Renaissance history and the history of ideas. Her first nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eReading Lucretius in the Renaissance, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2014 by Harvard University Press. She is also a composer of folk and Renaissance-tinged \u003ci\u003ea cappella\u003c\/i\u003e music, most of which she performs with the group Sassafrass. She writes about history for a popular audience at exurbe.com and about SF and fantasy-related matters at Tor.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323178971238,"sku":"9780765378033","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WUs4Rzl1ektyQnpXNHo5ZVl5SnR1dz09.webp?v=1768125069","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/seven-surrenders-book-2-of-terra-ignota-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}