{"product_id":"the-traitor-9781447281184","title":"The Traitor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mask can hide a thousand lies . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmart. Brutal. Gut-wrenching. You'll be captivated from the very first page. Dickinson is a sly, masterful writer who pulls no punches. Get ready to have your heart ripped out through your throat. Highly recommended. * KAMERON HURLEY, author of The Mirror Empire *\u003cbr\u003eSeth Dickinson skillfully combines intrigue, action, and philosophical musings to create a suspenseful and deeply satisfying read. An intelligent and accomplished first novel reminiscent of Le Guin in its reflections on imperialism, colonialism, and the attractions and corruptions of power. * UNA MCCORMACK, New York Times bestselling author of The Crimson Shadow *\u003cbr\u003eNot many books have me literally flailing with delight. [The Traitor...] did. Fascinating characters, a world imagined with wonderful depth, and storytelling that succeeds on both an epic and a powerfully intimate scale. This is really something special. * SUNNY MORAINE, co-author of Life and Orbit *\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, perfectly formed crystal of a novel borne out of a tight plot mated with elegant language. * JOHN CHU, Hugo award-winning author of The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere *\u003cbr\u003eDickinson has written a poet's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e, a brutal tale of empire, rebellion, fealty, and high finance that moves like a rocket and burns twice as hot. [\u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e] is a mic drop for epic fantasy. * MAX GLADSTONE, author of the Craft Sequence books *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary debut--powerful, complex, and passionate. I was blown away by it. * KIJ JOHNSON, Hugo award-winning author of The Man Who Bridged the Mist *\u003cbr\u003eAmazing and inventive. * TOBIAS BUCKELL, New York Times bestselling author of the Xenowealth series *\u003cbr\u003eA new fantasy world as rich and complex as our own . . . Baru Cormorant is brilliant, bold, and very, very dangerous. * SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL, author of Traitor's Blade *\u003cbr\u003eBrutal, relentless and with the heartbreaking beauty of the best tragedies. \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor \u003c\/i\u003eis a haunting book that asks hard questions about revolution, change, and what it means to keep faith * ALIETTE DE BODARD, Nebula Award-winning author of The Waiting Stars *\u003cbr\u003eStunning! There are moments that take my breath away * ELLEN KUSHNER, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Thomas the Rhymer *\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful and brutal. This is unflinching fantasy * CHUCK WENDIG, author of Blackbirds *\u003cbr\u003eVisceral and unflinching, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e employs a rich palate of cultures to explore brutal moral complexities * RACHEL SWIRSKY, Nebula Award-winning author of The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating tale of political intrigue and national unrest * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eDickinson's debut, the start of a trilogy set in an impressively well-crafted fantasy world, is assured and impressive . . . Readers will share every one of Baru's strong, suppressed emotions * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA highly impressive debut that engages intellectually * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eLiterally breathtaking . . . a crucial, necessary book * NPR *\u003cbr\u003eA truly intense, brutal, yet beautiful geopolitical fantasy . . . . I don't think I've actually read anything quite like it * Bookfrivolity *\u003cbr\u003eA hundred pages in, and I knew \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e would be a game-changer * Littleredreviewer *\u003cbr\u003eLike its namesake, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e lures you in, puts you at your ease, wins your confidence, and then destroys you . . . It's the way this story gets under your skin and hits you where it really counts that puts it in a class by itself * SF Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eBreathtakingly original and carefully crafted, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e by debut novelist Seth Dickinson is one of those very few works that straddle the line between \"genre\" and \"literary\" fiction . . . Dickinson's writing is intricate, sometimes delicate, and always absolutely delicious * Fantasyliterature.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e * Risingshadow.net *\u003cbr\u003eAs for Seth Dickinson, I can only applaud the sheer audacity and courage to deliver a book like this. It is a triumph of imagination and a powerful reminder of what fantasy is for * Upcoming4.me *\u003cbr\u003eThis is eloquent, grown-up, intelligent Fantasy that will keep you thinking long after you finish and will demand that you read and reread it' * SFFWorld.com *","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040034619735,"sku":"9781447281184","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447281184.jpg?v=1750945576","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-traitor-9781447281184","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}