Gollancz Aspects Ford John M

Aspects is the great John M. Ford's last novel, unpublished in his lifetime. It is a fantasy novel unlike any other, filled with politics and manners, swords and sorcerous machine guns, ancient empires and the onward march of progress • The master author's lost work is finally here • A forbidden romance • Magic running rampant • A monarchy coming to an end • The world is changing, and with it a nation begins the process of dismantling the royal family and building a democracy in their place. A delicate and dangerous task, which sparks political intrigue in the halls of Parliament and power struggles that draw in the nobility, Archmages, and idealists alike . . . even before the Gods choose to meddle, in favour of old hierarchies • Against this backdrop of political turmoil comes the powerful story of two lovers torn apart by the fragile new system подробнее