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Is part of
The Well of Echoes Quartet
2001-
series - author
novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2003...
2003
Scrutator
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'The node has failed, rendering humanity's battle clankers and the Aachim's constructs useless. The battle has been lost. Now hordes of alien lyrinx are swarming out of the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last man. Tiaan, crippled and unable to walk, is held prisoner by a vengeful Vithis, who is determined to extract her geomantic secrets from her at any cost. For his failings, Nish has been cast out and branded a traitor, while Irisis, accused of high treason, has been forced to flee for her life. The fate of humanity is dependent on the survival of one wily old man, Scrutator Xervish Flydd. But Flydd has been blamed for the defeat at Snizort. His enemy, vicious Chief Scrutator Ghorr, has expelled him from the Council and stripped him of all rights. Now Flydd is condemned to die a brutish death as a slave, hauling ironclad clankers out of the battlefield mire until his heart bursts under the strain'. Source: bookseller's website.
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Energy from the Source of Suspense
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 January-1 February 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of Scrutator 2003 single work novel -
Desperate Race for Survival Heats Up
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 November 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Scrutator 2003 single work novel
-
Desperate Race for Survival Heats Up
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 November 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Scrutator 2003 single work novel -
Energy from the Source of Suspense
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 January-1 February 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of Scrutator 2003 single work novel
Awards
- 2003 honourable mention Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Novel
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