Shadows of the Short Days

By Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

Book Overview

For fans of China Mieville. A tale of revolution in a Reykjavik fuelled by industrialised magic, populated by humans, dimensional exiles, otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and demonic familiars.

A tale of revolution in a Reykjavik fuelled by industrialised magic, populated by humans, dimensional exiles, otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and demonic familiars.

HERE LIES A CITY...

FUELLED BY INDUSTRIALISED MAGIC.
RULED BY A DESPOTIC CROWN.
DEMANDING REVOLUTION.

WELCOME TO REYKJAVIK

Rebels and revolutionaries disappear into the infamous prison, the Nine, never to be heard from again. Masked police roam the streets, dark magic lurks in the shadows, and the implacable flying fortress casts its baleful eye over all below.

S mundur, addict and sorcerer, has been cast out from university, and forbidden to study magic. Dissident artist, Gar n, is desperate for a just society and will do anything to achieve it.
Both seek revolution in their own ways. Both seek power.

Together, they will change Reykjavik forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789094496
• ISBN13: 9781789094497
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Weird, dark and foreign

Not for all readers, but unlike anything I've read! For his debut work, the author seems like he's been doing this a long time. He draws on some old Icelandic lore, which is so foreign as to feel brand new. The author is bilingual in Icelandic and English, and translated his own original work into English. He left a lot of words (including some he created) in Icelandic - which was necessary as it maintained the desired aura of strange and foreign. There are some seriously dark moments in this book - ones that were a bit hard to read as I'm a bit squeamish. This book blends magic and steampunk and dystopia and hallucinogens and...try it out!