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The Violent Century

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ISBN: 9781616963163
AuthorTidhar, Lavie
Pub Date08/08/2019
BindingTrade PB
Pages332
CountryUSA
Dewey823.92
Quick overview From the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Central Station comes a sweeping novel of history, adventure, and what it means to be a hero. Appeals to fans of classic/contemporary science fiction and literary fiction Appeals to superheroes and alternate history fansContains topical, international, and multicultural themesAuthor's novel, Central Station, won the Campbell Award, the Neukom Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the Clarke and British Science Fiction awards.
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A bold experiment has mutated a small fraction of humanity. Nations race to harness the gifted, putting them to increasingly dark ends. At the dawn of global war, flashy American superheroes square off against sinister Germans and dissolute Russians. Increasingly depraved scientists conduct despicable research in the name of victory

British agents Fogg and Oblivion, recalled to the Retirement Bureau, have kept a treacherous secret for over forty years. But all heroes must choose when to join the fray, and to whom their allegiance is owed?even for just one perfect summer’s day.

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A bold experiment has mutated a small fraction of humanity. Nations race to harness the gifted, putting them to increasingly dark ends. At the dawn of global war, flashy American superheroes square off against sinister Germans and dissolute Russians. Increasingly depraved scientists conduct despicable research in the name of victory

British agents Fogg and Oblivion, recalled to the Retirement Bureau, have kept a treacherous secret for over forty years. But all heroes must choose when to join the fray, and to whom their allegiance is owed?even for just one perfect summer’s day.