Under the Dragon Moon
14.99 €
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Under the Dragon Moon
14.99 €
It's the second half of the fourteenth millennium, and the world is a strange place.
The turning points in the history of this world are yet to come for us, the readers: a triumph of high technology the likes of which we have yet to dream, and war, and the destruction of humanity, and then its rebirth and a new world. And one day, a boy from a lost village ruled by a wizard (there are wizards in this new world, but they are not quite wizards) will find something amazing in the mountains, break the established order, set out on a long journey to a distant destination, and along the way, he will encounter exciting adventures.
This saga will feature knights and squires, knightly swords (with special features) and mummies, wandering robots and talking beavers, recycling and genetic engineering, forty-three million dimensions (don't try to imagine them), old movies, and, oddly enough, dragons (but they're not quite dragons). There will be chases, dangers, constructive debates, and the fate of the Earth. And all this (and much more) will be told to us by the Chronicler—an artificial intelligence, an alien from the past, an expert and keeper of human history, an ally of the one destined to change that history.
For Robin Sloan, writer and futurologist, analog is inseparable from digital, and the adventures of people from the adventures of ideas. His worlds are stunning, cozy, and livable. "Under the Dragon Moon" is a fairytale epic and a coming-of-age story, a knight's quest and a futurological forecast. One boy knew from early childhood that he was destined to achieve something significant. This is the story of how he was right.
The turning points in the history of this world are yet to come for us, the readers: a triumph of high technology the likes of which we have yet to dream, and war, and the destruction of humanity, and then its rebirth and a new world. And one day, a boy from a lost village ruled by a wizard (there are wizards in this new world, but they are not quite wizards) will find something amazing in the mountains, break the established order, set out on a long journey to a distant destination, and along the way, he will encounter exciting adventures.
This saga will feature knights and squires, knightly swords (with special features) and mummies, wandering robots and talking beavers, recycling and genetic engineering, forty-three million dimensions (don't try to imagine them), old movies, and, oddly enough, dragons (but they're not quite dragons). There will be chases, dangers, constructive debates, and the fate of the Earth. And all this (and much more) will be told to us by the Chronicler—an artificial intelligence, an alien from the past, an expert and keeper of human history, an ally of the one destined to change that history.
For Robin Sloan, writer and futurologist, analog is inseparable from digital, and the adventures of people from the adventures of ideas. His worlds are stunning, cozy, and livable. "Under the Dragon Moon" is a fairytale epic and a coming-of-age story, a knight's quest and a futurological forecast. One boy knew from early childhood that he was destined to achieve something significant. This is the story of how he was right.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series A Great Romance