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The Ingenious
  • Published: 5 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780857667892
  • Imprint: Angry Robot
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99

The Ingenious

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Political exiles are desperate to escape from the impossible city that imprisons them, in this bloody and brilliant epic fantasy

Thousands of years ago, the city of Athanor was set adrift in time and space by alchemists, called "the Curious Men". Ever since, it has accumulated cultures, citizens and species into a vast, unmappable metropolis.

Isten and her gang of half-starved political exiles live off petty crime and gangland warfare in Athanor's seediest alleys. Though they dream of returning home to lead a glorious revolution, Isten's downward spiral drags them into a mire of addiction and violence. Isten must find a way to save the exiles and herself if they are ever to build a better, fairer world for the people of their distant homeland.

File Under: Fantasy [ Alchymical Exiles | Loathing and Fear | Manifest Revelation | City of Broken Spheres ]
  • Published: 5 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780857667892
  • Imprint: Angry Robot
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99

Praise for The Ingenious

"Visceral and intense, The Ingenious creates a world that is rich, vivid and enticing."
- James Swallow, New York Times bestselling author of Nomad

"A deftly woven fantasy, rich in imagination and narrative flare and wrought in lyrical prose. Not to be missed."
- George Mann, Sunday Times bestselling author

"A compelling and richly characterful first step into an awesome new world. Athanor is a hell of a place to get lost. I hope Darius hurries up with the sequel..."
- Aaron Dembski-Bowden, New York Times bestselling author

"Athanor joins the likes of New Crubuzon, Gormenghast and Ankh Morpork in the ranks of the incredible, crumbling, amazing and terrifying edifices of fantasy fiction. Every bit as rich and textured as the characters we follow through its shadowed and deadly streets, the city's personality compels us through the book as much as the exploits of Isten and her companions. A plot that teases and intrigues as much as it investigates and explores makes The Ingenious a book that is both creative and fresh and yet resonates with genre familiarity. A lot of people are going to be Darius Hinks fans after reading this."
- Gav Thorpe, New York Times bestselling author, and winner of the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy

"Gritty and moving, with a healthy dose of horror - Hinks has woven a powerful and compelling fantasy - where worlds are at stake and entire cities will be laid to waste."
- Justin Hill, author of Viking Fire

"The Ingenious is a triumph of the imagination bursting with strange, terrifying sorcery and wondrous locations"
- Cameron Johnston, author of The Traitor God