rathke is the best kind of possessed writer--the kind who has the courage of his possession, whose exorcised words exist in defiance of their author.
—Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville
NAMELESS AND KINLESS. CURSED BY STRANGE MAGIC.
They've given up their names once more and Vera seeks a way to cure Virgil of the metal mask grafted into his skull. The giantess Lady Agova leads them through the megacity Avalon while bleeding to death, while they fight for their lives. Together, the three of them discover a plot to tear down Avalon and destroy its ancient architects.
Set in a desolate postapocalyptic world where science and magic blend and reality itself twists and bends, where some attempt to grow a new world while others delve through the detritus of a shattered civilization, Broken Katana continues the journey began in Howl.
Genre: Fantasy
—Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville
NAMELESS AND KINLESS. CURSED BY STRANGE MAGIC.
They've given up their names once more and Vera seeks a way to cure Virgil of the metal mask grafted into his skull. The giantess Lady Agova leads them through the megacity Avalon while bleeding to death, while they fight for their lives. Together, the three of them discover a plot to tear down Avalon and destroy its ancient architects.
Set in a desolate postapocalyptic world where science and magic blend and reality itself twists and bends, where some attempt to grow a new world while others delve through the detritus of a shattered civilization, Broken Katana continues the journey began in Howl.
Genre: Fantasy
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