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Awardwinning author michael swanwick returns to the gritty, postindustrial faerie world of his new york times notable book the iron dragon s daughter with the standalone adventure fantasy the iron dragon s mother caitlin of house sans merci is the young halfhuman pilot of a sentient mechanical dragon. The iron dragon s daughter, which was named a new york times notable book of the year and nominated for a world fantasy award. Swanwick lives in philadelphia with his wife, marianne porter, and their son, sean. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Dive deep into michael swanwick s the iron dragons daughter with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. How could anyone write a generic high fantasy novel after the appearance of such a genreshattering novel like the iron dragon s daughter. Another fantasy set in the seething, eyepopping elfpunk world of the iron dragons daughter 1994 during a relentless and seemingly endless war, a huge, badly damaged and utterly malignant battle dragon crafted of science, alchemy, engineering and magic crashes near the village where orphan will lives. He has written nine novels, among them in the drift, stations of the tide, the new york times notable book the iron dragons daughter, jack faust, and, most recently, chasing the phoenix. Im not going to be on anybodys side anymore, she said.
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