Those Below By Daniel Polansky - The Empty Throne #2

Published: 23/02/2017

For centuries beyond counting, humanity has served the Others, god-like Eternals who rule from their cloud-capped mountain-city, building a civilization of unimagined beauty and unchecked viciousness.

But all that is about to change. Bas Alyates, grizzled general of a thousand battles, has assembled a vast army with which to contend with the might of Those Above. Eudokia, Machiavellian matriarch and the power behind the Empty Throne, travels to the Roost, nominally to play peacemaker - but in fact to inspire the human population toward revolt. Deep in the dark byways of the mountain's lower tiers, the urchin Pyre leads a band of fanatical revolutionaries in acts of terrorism against their inhuman oppressors. Against them, Calla, handmaiden of the Eternals' king, fights desperately to stave off the rising tide of violence which threatens to destroy her beloved city.

The story that begun in Those Above comes to a conclusion in this battle for the hearts and minds of the human race in Those Below.

Publisher information

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781444779967
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 26 mm
Weight: 300 g
Language: English