Description
Lenk can barely keep control of his mismatched adventurer band at the best of times (Gariath the dragon man sees humans as little more than prey, Kataria the Shict despises most humans, and the humans in the band are little better). When they're not insulting each other's religions they're arguing about pay and conditions.
So when the ship they are travelling on is attacked by pirates things don't go very well. They go a whole lot worse when an invincible demon joins the fray. The demon steals the Tome of the Undergates - a manuscript that contains all you need to open the undergates. And whichever god you believe in you don't want the undergates open. On the other side are countless more invincible demons, the manifestation of all the evil of the gods, and they want out.
Full of razor-sharp wit, characters who leap off the page (and into trouble) and plunging the reader into a vivid world of adventure this is a fantasy that kicks off a series that could dominate the second decade of the century.
The debut novel from an extraordinarily talented twenty-five-year-old author. Fantasy's next global star has arrived.
About the Author
Samuel Sykes began writing his debut novel, Tome of the Undergates (the first book in his Aeon's Gate trilogy) when he was seventeen. Since then, he has also written Black Halo, The Skybound Sea and the Bring Down Heaven trilogy that begins with The City Stained Red.
He currently lives in the US, where he is working on his next novel.
Reviews
Tome of the Undergates is daring, blisteringly fast and full of a real vibrant enegery * SFBOOK.com *
Book Information
ISBN 9780575090309
Author Sam Sykes
Format Paperback
Page Count 704
Imprint Gollancz
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 482g
Dimensions(mm) 161mm * 201mm * 36mm