The incorruptibles /
In the contested and unexplored territories at the edge of the Empire, a boat is making its laborious way upriver. Riding along the banks are the mercenaries hired to protect it - from raiders, bandits and, most of all, the stretchers, elf-like natives who kill any intruders into their territory. Ri...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Published by Gollancz for Goldsboro Books,
August 2014.
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| Edition: | 250 numbered copies of the first edition. |
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| Summary: | In the contested and unexplored territories at the edge of the Empire, a boat is making its laborious way upriver. Riding along the banks are the mercenaries hired to protect it - from raiders, bandits and, most of all, the stretchers, elf-like natives who kill any intruders into their territory. Riding along the banks are the mercenaries hired to protect it from the stretchers, th eelf-like naties who kill any intruders into their lands. The mercenaries know this is dangerous, deadly work. In the boat the drunk Governor and his sons and daughters make merry. They believe that their status makes them untouchable. They are wrong. And with them is a mysterious, beautiful young woman, key to the survival for the Empire. For Fisk and Shoe - two tough, honourable mercenaries surrounded by corruption, who know they can always and only rely on each other - the journey no matter how important, seems foolish. Because no matter how untouchable or deadly you may be, the stretchers have other plans. |
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| Item Description: | "One of 250 numbered copies of the first edition ... signed by the author"--Preliminary page, The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is number 237 and signed by the author. |
| Physical Description: | 306 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 057513366X 9780575133662 |