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Lives of Bitter Rain: A Tyrant Philosophers Novella

Name: Lives of Bitter Rain: A Tyrant Philosophers Novella
Brand: Head of Zeus -- An Adastra Book
SKU: 9781035911448
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Contributors:

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Publisher:

Head of Zeus -- An Adastra Book

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Fantasy, Science Fiction

Book Topic:

Epic, Military, Hard Science Fiction

Series:

Tyrant Philosophers

Award:

2025 Hugo Award Finalist - Series Award

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Release Date:

10/14/2025

ISBN 13:

9781035911448

Weight:

0.65 lbs

Size:

8.70 x 5.70 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

144

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES 2025

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach - the rain before the storm.

Outreach is that part of the Pal machine responsible for diplomacy - converting enemies into friends, achieving through words what an army of five thousand could not, urging the oppressed to overthrow the bloody-handed priests, evil necromancers and greedy despots that subjugate them.

Angilly, twelve-years-old, a child of Pal soldiers stationed in occupied Jarokir, does not know it yet, but a sequence of accidents and questionable life choices will lead her to Outreach. As she travels from Jarrokir to Bracinta, Cazarkand, Lemas, The Holy Regalate of Stouk and finally, Usmai, she'll learn that the price of her nation's success is paid in compromise and lost chances, and that the falling rain will always be bitter.

LIVES OF BITTER RAIN is a novella in Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning Tyrant Philosopher series. It is a prequel to the third novel in the sequence, DAYS OF SHATTERED FAITH.

About the Author
Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Elder Race, Doors of Eden, Spiderlight and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.

Lives of Bitter Rain: A Tyrant Philosophers Novella

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Days of Shattered Faith: Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Series 2025

Days of Shattered Faith: Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Series 2025

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