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Nightbound Land
2011
series - author
novel
(number
1
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2001...
2001
Roil
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'Shale is in trouble - the creature-filled darkness known as the Roil is expanding, consuming the land, swallowing cities whole. Where once there were 12 metropolises, now only 4 remain. It's up to a drug addict, an old man and a woman bent on revenge to try to save their city - and the world. ' (Publisher's blurb)
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Notes
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Includes: "Darlings killed (outtakes, bloopers and a bit of Book 2)" (p. 395-413).
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Steampunk Note: The dystopian world of this novel is dominated by decaying clockwork technology on the scale of city-level infrastructure. The focus on urban space and the lowlifes of the metropolis also place Roil within common steampunk areas of concern,
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