The Dragons of Babel
  • Published:
    Feb-2008 (Hardcover)
    Apr-2009 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    Fantasy
  • Pages:
    368
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A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner!
A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal.
Evacuated to the Tower of Babel -- infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City -- Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a politician, and meets his one true love -- a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.
You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.
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People / Creatures
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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • May-2009
    • Tor
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0765359138
    • ISBN13: 9780765359131
    •  
    • Oct-2011
    • Tor
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0765331144
    • ISBN13: 9780765331144
    • First Edition
    • Feb-2008
    • Tor
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0765319500
    • ISBN13: 9780765319500
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    • Jan-2008
    • Tor
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1429924993
    • ISBN13: 9781429924993



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