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The Aeronaut's Windlass

Hugo Award Best Novel category, 2016

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780356503660

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 5th July 2016

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Fantasy

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‘Great action scenes, a fascinating world, and characters of a sort I’ve never seen before. This is everything I’ve come to expect from Jim Butcher, but in a delightful new flavour’
PATRICK ROTHFUSS

‘Beware fellow readers, herein lies adventure that will keep you from food or rest . . .’
PATRICIA BRIGGS

Jim Butcher, the number one bestselling author of The Dresden Files, begins a new series set in a gloriously imagined world of noble families, marvellous technology and magic-wielding warriors.

Since time immemorial humanity has lived inside the Spires, habitats towering for miles over the dangerous, monster-inhabited surface of the world.
Captain Grimm of the merchant airship, Predator, was dismissed from Spire Albion’s military in disgrace – now his ship and crew are all he has, and he’s fiercely loyal to both. When the Predator is severely damaged in combat Grimm has only one choice – take on a clandestine mission for Albion’s leaders, or stay grounded for good.
And even as Grimm undertakes this perilous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake . . .

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Wow. Just wow. Beware fellow readers, herein lies adventure that will keep you from food or rest . . . Butcher proves yet again that he is an amazing storyteller
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs
Great action scenes, a fascinating world, and characters of a sort I've never seen before. This is everything I've come to expect from Jim Butcher, but in a delightful new flavour
Patrick Rothfuss, author of THE NAME OF THE WIND
This is Jim Butcher at his best, drawing a fully realized, richly detailed, and downright fun literary world where fearless aeronauts ride the aether, brilliant wizards struggle with doorknobs, and a thirty-pound feline warrior keeps a pet human named Little Mouse. It's steam-punk meets magic with a dose of sci-fi for seasoning. Buy it and read it. You'll be glad you did!
New York Times bestselling author David Weber