{"product_id":"the-tangled-lands-1","title":"Paolo Bacigalupi: The Tangled Lands [2018] paperback","description":"Winner of the World Fantasy Award 2019, Best Collection. \u003cbr\u003eFor fans of Ken Liu and Gene Wolfe. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKhaim, the last city of a once-great empire, clings to life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a world \u003cb\u003epoisoned by its addiction to magic\u003c\/b\u003e. Every time a spell is cast, toxic bramble sprouts, bursting forth from tilled fields, thrusting up from between cobblestones. A bit of magic, and bramble follows \u003cb\u003euntil whole cities are consumed by tangling vines\u003c\/b\u003e. Armies hack and burn... yet in a world that can't give up magic's sweet succour, \u003cb\u003ethe bramble can't be stopped\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jeoz the alchemist discovers a potent new weapon to wield against the bramble, his invention promises \u003cb\u003eKhaim freedom from fear and starvation\u003c\/b\u003e. But these are twisted times and the bramble is \u003cb\u003enot the only corruption that blights the land\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pulses with the siren call of power, the throb of remorse and dreams of redemption' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exploring themes of power, corruption, greed and thwarted hope, the authors deliver an absorbing and sensitive fantasy' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bacigalupi, Paolo \u0026 Buckell, Tobias S.","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46484390936915,"sku":"9781788544771","price":11.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bacigalupi-paolo-buckell-tobias-s-paolo-bacigalupi-the-tangled-lands-2018-paperback-9781788544771-1152879615.jpg?v=1743289519","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-tangled-lands-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}