Chasing the Phoenix: A Science Fiction Novel - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tor BooksISBN-13:9780765380913ISBN-10:765380919UPC:9780765380913Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Action & AdventureSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCEK59H8YH
Chasing the Phoenix: a science fiction masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick!
In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a yak which carries the corpse of his friend, Darger. The old high-tech world has long since collapsed, and the artificial intelligences that ran it are outlawed and destroyed. Or so it seems. Darger and Surplus, a human and a genetically engineered dog with human intelligence who walks upright, are a pair of con men and the heroes of a series of prior Swanwick stories. They travel to what was once China and invent a scam to become rich and powerful. Pretending to have limited super-powers, they aid an ambitious local warlord who dreams of conquest and once again reuniting China under one ruler. And, against all odds, it begins to work, but it seems as if there are other forces at work behind the scenes. Chasing the Phoenix is a sharp, slick, witty science fiction adventure that is hugely entertaining from Michael Swanwick, one of the best SF writers alive.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tor BooksISBN-13:9780765380913ISBN-10:765380919UPC:9780765380913Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Action & AdventureSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCEK59H8YH
Michael Swanwick is the winner of five Hugo Awards for his short fiction. His several novels include the Nebula-winning Stations of the Tide, the time-travel novel Bones of the Earth, and the "industrial fantasy" novels The Iron Dragon's Daughter and The Dragons of Babel. He lives in Philadelphia.
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