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Darkness Descending: A Novel of World War - And Magic
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Darkness Descending: A Novel of World War - And Magic Mass market paperbound - 2001

by Harry Turtledove

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From the publisher

Now Turtledove returns to the story of a World War in a world where magic works, with this moving second volume. Algarvian soldiers corral Kaunians to send them west, towards Unkerlant, to work camps. The Kaunians left behind are worried about what the work camps might mean, but are assauged by Algarvian lies.
In Kuusamo, scholars race to find the relation between the laws of similarity and contagion. Rumors abound about the Algarvian work camps, rumors most cannot believe as true. But the mages know, for they can feel the loss of life in their very souls.
Turtledove's cast of characters takes on its own life as the reader sees the war from all sides and understands how the death and destruction benefits no one, not even the victors.

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Tealdo slogged west across what seemed an endless sea of grass.

Details

  • Title Darkness Descending: A Novel of World War - And Magic
  • Author Harry Turtledove
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date March 15, 2001
  • ISBN 9780812575101 / 0812575105
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.78 x 4.23 x 1.61 in (17.22 x 10.74 x 4.09 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Fantasy
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Harry Turtledove is the Hugo-winning author of many SF and fantasy novels. His alternate-history novels, include the bestselling "The Guns of the South, How Few Remain, " the Worldwar series, and the recent" Ruled Britannia." He lives with his wife and daughters in Los Angeles.

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