{"product_id":"9781250165855","title":"The Descent of Monsters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Descent of Monsters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Neon Yang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the 2019 Lammy Award for best LGBTQ SF\/F\/Horror and the Locus Award for Best Novella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeon Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e lauded as \"joyously wild.\" In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are reading this because I am dead\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomething terrible happened at the Rewar Teng Institute of Experimental Methods. When the Tensorate’s investigators arrived, they found a sea of blood and bones as far as the eye could see. One of the institute’s experiments got loose, and its rage left no survivors. The investigators returned to the capital with few clues and two prisoners: the terrorist leader Sanao Akeha and a companion known only as Rider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigator Chuwan faces a puzzle. What really happened at the institute? What drew the Machinists there? What are her superiors trying to cover up? And why does she feel as if her strange dreams are forcing her down a narrowing path she cannot escape?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tensorate Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: \u003ci\u003eThe Black Tides of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 2: \u003ci\u003eThe Red Threads of Fortune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBook 3: \u003ci\u003eThe Descent of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 4: \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent to Godhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE TENSORATE SERIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang’s masterful world building is on display, from the manipulation of the metaphysical “slack” to the creatures who inhabit the harsh mountains, made even more impressive by the nonlinear narrative structure. The Old World feel of their \"silkpunk\" fantasy is made modern by smoothly interwoven gender-nonbinary characters, whose richness enhances the emotional impact of this short but compelling work.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Descent of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang conjures up a world of magic and machines, wild monsters and sophisticated civilizations, that you'll want to return to again and again.” —Annalee Newitz for \u003ci\u003eArs Technica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of love and loss, confrontation and discovery. Each moment is a glistening pearl, all strung together in a wonder of world-creation.” — Ken Liu, Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award winner and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I love Neon Yang’s effortlessly fascinating world-building.” —Kate Elliott, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCourt of Fives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating world of battles, politics, magic and romance.” —Zen Cho, author of \u003ci\u003eSorcerer to the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with memorable characters and set in a wonderfully imaginative and original universe.” —Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Shattered Wings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Like a Miyazaki movie decided to jump off the screen and sear itself into prose, and in doing so became something entirely new.” —Indrapramit Das, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Relentlessly captivating, heartbreaking, and powerful.” —Fran Wilde, award-winning, Nebula \u0026amp; Hugo-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eUpdraft\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloudbound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHorizon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang's prose carries the reader along... A really good book.” —\u003ci\u003eLocus \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Black Tides of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang deftly creates a world infused with magic, story, and hierarchy.” —Joel Cunningham, \u003ci\u003eB\u0026amp;N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang's writing is quiet, but it is the quiet of strength. It doesn't need to shout to be heard.” —Michelle West for \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yang captures an epic sweep in compact, precise prose.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e starred review on \u003ci\u003eThe Black Tides of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Locus Awards - Nominee (2019), Short-listed Lambda Literary Award - Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250165855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40698937114830,"sku":"9781250165855","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250165855","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}