The Last Page

By Anthony Huso

Book Overview

Dark and rich, epic in scope, in "The Last Page "Anthony Huso has crafted a fantasy in the vein of China Mievilles "Perdido Street Station" and Mervyn Peakes "Gormenghast," teeming with unthinkable horrors and stylish wonders. The city of Isca is set like a dark jewel in the crown of the Duchy of Stonehold. In this sprawling landscape, the monsters one sees are nothing compared to whats living in the citys sewers.Twenty-three-year-old Caliph Howl is Stoneholds reluctant High King. Thrust onto the throne, Caliph has inherited Stoneholds dirtiest court secrets. He also faces a brewing civil war that he is unprepared to fight. After months alone amid a swirl of gossip and political machinations, the sudden reappearance of his old lover, Sena, is a welcome bit of relief. But Sena has her own legacy to claim: she has been trained from birth by the Shradnae witchocracy--adept in espionage and the art of magical equations writ in blood--and she has been sent to spy on the High King.Yet there are magics that demand a higher price than blood. Sena secretly plots to unlock the "Cisrym Ta," an arcane text whose pages contain the power to destroy worlds. The key to opening the book lies in Caliphs veins, forcing Sena to decide if her obsession for power is greater than her love for Caliph. Meanwhile, a fleet of airships creeps ever closer to Isca. As the final battle in a devastating civil war looms and the last page of the "Cisrym Ta" waits to be read, Caliph and Sena must face the deadly consequences of their decisions. And the blood of these conflicts will stain this and other worlds forever.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765325160
• ISBN13: 9780765325167
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"