House Of Open Wounds: The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 2) [Paperback-2023]

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FROM THE BSFA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CITY OF LAST CHANCES City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the front line. Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit. Led by the Butcher , an ogre of a man who s a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit s motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Theirs is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers. Entrusted – for now – with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital s crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yasnic s thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse. Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle. Reviews for City of Last Chances: Paints a vivid detailed backdrop SFX Brilliant chaos ensues Daily Mail Some of Tchaikovsky s best prose SF Crowsnest An intriguing tangle. ingenious Locus Endlessly creative Patrick Ness Rich, inventive worldbuilding Publishers Weekly Ilmar is vividly alive David Towsey A master at the height of his powers Ian Green An ambitious epic fantasy read Grimdark Magazine