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Informationen zum Autor Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full-time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind – possibly excepting his son. Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel – and Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. This was in the award’s 30th anniversary year. Klappentext 9th novel in this series! now published in trade paperback. The ninth in the Shadows of the Apt series Zusammenfassung SHADOWS OF THE APT: BOOK NINE Relentlessly advancing towards Collegium! the Empire is again seeking to break down its walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures! and Empress Seda will brook no weakness in her soldiers. However! Stenwold Maker has earned his title! and the War Master has strategies to save his city. His aviators rule the skies - but the Wasp Kinden Empire has developed a terrifying new aerial weapon. Yet the campaign may be decided far from marching armies and the noise of battle. In an ancient forest! where Mantis clans pursue their own civil war! the Empress Seda is seeking lost magic. Some dangerous shadow of old night is locked up among these trees and she is wants its power. Cheerwell Maker must stop her! at any cost! but will their rivalry awaken something far deadlier? Something that could make even their clash of nations pale into insignificance . . . ...
