An edition of The Anvil of the World (2003)

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An edition of The Anvil of the World (2003)

The anvil of the world

1st ed.
  • 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
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  • 2 Have read

Kage Baker's stories and novels of the mysterious organization that controls time travel, The Company, have made her famous in SF. So has her talent for clever dialogue and pointed social commentary with a light touch. "Ms. Baker is the best thing to happen to modern science fiction since Connie Willis or Dan Simmons. She mixes adventure, history and societal concerns in just the right amount, creating an action-packed but thoughtful read," says The Dallas Morning News.

The Anvil of the World is her first fantasy novel, a journey across a landscape filled with bizarre creatures, human and otherwise. It is the tale of Smith, of the large extended family of Smiths, of the Children of the Sun. They are a race given to blood feuds, and Smith was formerly an extremely successful assassin. Now he has wearied of his work and is trying to retire in another country, to live an honest life in obscurity in spite of all those who have sworn to kill him.

His problems begin when he agrees to be the master of a caravan from the inland city of Troon to the seaside city of Salesh. The caravan is dogged by murder, magic, and the brooding image of the Master of the Mountain, a powerful demon, looking down from his mountain kingdom upon the greenlands and the travelers passing below. In Salesh, Smith becomes an innkeeper, but on the journey he befriended the young Lord Ermenwyr, a decadent demonic half-breed. Each time Ermenwyr turns up, he brings new trouble with him.

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Tor, Tor Books
Language
English
Pages
350

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The Anvil of the World
June 8, 2010, Tor Books
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Anvil of the World
2010, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Cover of: The Anvil of the World
The Anvil of the World
Dec 01, 2004, Tor Fantasy, Brand: Tor Fantasy
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Cover of: The anvil of the world
The anvil of the world
2003, Tor, Tor Books
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Edition Notes

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3552.A4313 A85 2003, PS3552.A4313A85 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
350 p. ;
Number of pages
350

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3683239M
Internet Archive
anvilworld00bake_240
ISBN 10
0765308185
LCCN
2003042649
OCLC/WorldCat
51755830
Library Thing
42972
Goodreads
1179188

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