Adrian Tchaikovsky - City of Last Chances
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CITY
OF
LAST
CHANCES
SHADOWS OF THE APT
Empire in Black and Gold
Dragonfly Falling
Blood of the Mantis
Salute the Dark
The Scarab Path
The Sea Watch
Heirs of the Blade
The Air War
War Masters Gate
Seal of the Worm
TALES OF THE APT
Spoils of War
A Time for Grief
For Love of Distant Shores
The Scent of Tears (with Frances Hardinge et al.)
ECHOES OF THE FALL
The Tiger and the Wolf
The Bear and the Serpent
The Hyena and the Hawk
CHILDREN OF TIME
Children of Time
Children of Ruin
Children of Memory
DOGS OF WAR
Dogs of War
Bear Head
OTHER FICTION
Guns of the Dawn
Spiderlight
Ironclads
Cage of Souls
Firewalkers
The Doors of Eden
Feast and Famine
(collection)
CITY
OF
LAST
CHANCES
ADRIAN
TCHAIKOVSKY
www.headofzeus.com
First published in the UK in 2022 by Head of Zeus Ltd,
part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Copyright Adrian Tchaikovsky, 2022
The moral right of Adrian Tchaikovsky to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN (HB): 9781801108423
ISBN (XTPB): 9781801108430
ISBN (E): 9781801108454
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Allorwen from the nation of Allor
Armigers the aristocratic families of Ilmar
Divinati from the nation of the Divinates
Gownhall the Ilmari university
Herons resistance faction of the riverfolk
Indwellers the people of the Anchorwood
Lodges criminal gangs
Loruthi from the nation of Lor
Ravens resistance faction of the Armiger families
Shrikes murderers for the resistance
Siblingries workers organisations
Vultures resistance faction of the Ilmar streets
Temporary Commission of Ends and Means the ruling body of Pallesand
Palleseen Sway the occupied territories as a whole
Perfecture an individual occupied territory
School of Correct Erudition (Archivists) responsible for learning and magic
School of Correct Appreciation (Invigilators) responsible for art and the judiciary
School of Correct Exchange (Brokers) responsible for trade
School of Correct Conduct (Monitors) responsible for military and enforcement
School of Correct Speech (Inquirers) responsible for religion, language and espionage
Aullaime Allorwen conjurer with the Siblingries
Benno Vulture thug
Blackmane Allorwen pawnbroker
Fellow-Monitor Brockelsby Correct Conduct
Carelia one half of the Bitter Sisters, Vulture leader
Cheryn Vulture thug
Sage-Invigilator Culvern Perfector of Ilmar, Correct Appreciation
Dorae Allorwen antiques dealer
Dostritsyn ruin-diver
Mother Ellaime Allorwen landlady
Emlar student
Ergice Vulture thug
Companion-Monitor Estern Correct Conduct
Evene the other half of the Bitter Sisters, Vulture leader
Fleance Heron gambler
Fyon Shrike murderer
Archivist Gadders Correct Erudition
God divine entity
Maestra Gowdi Gownhall master
Grymme ruin-diver
Mother Guame Allorwen brothel-keeper
Fellow-Inquirer Hegelsy Correct Speech
Hellgram bouncer at the Anchorage, foreigner
Hervenya student
Hoyst hangman
Jem Divinati bartender at the Anchorage
Kosha priest, Yasnics master, dead
Langrice keeper of the Anchorage
Lemya student
Petric Lesselkin Siblingry scrapherd
Meraqui ruin-diver
Companion-Archivist Nasely Correct Erudition
Nihilostes priestess of the divine scorpionfly
Fellow-Broker Nisbet Correct Exchange
Sage-Archivist Ochelby Correct Erudition
Father Orvechin Siblingry leader
Orvost, the Divine Bull divine entity
Maestro Ivarn Ostravar Gownhall master
Maestro Porvilleau Allorwen Gownhall master
Archivist Riechy Correct Erudition
Ruslav Vulture thug
Statlos Shrievsby officer, Correct Conduct
Sachemel Sirovar former head of the family, dead
Shantrov Sirovar Armiger and student
Vidsya Sirovar Armiger and Raven
Fellow-Invigilator Temsel Correct Appreciation
Tobriant Allorwen furniture maker
Johanger Tulmueric Loruthi merchant
Maestro Vorkovin Gownhall master
Yasnic priest
Zenotheus, Scorpionfly God of Chaos divine entity
Yasnic the priest. Thin and not young, though not quite old. Half lost in clothes tailored for a larger man in the voluminous Ilmari style. Face hollow, hair greying before it should, thinning, creeping back from his temples like an army that, seeing its opposition is time, no longer has the will to fight
That morning, God was complaining again. Yasnic lay crunched up in bed, knees almost to his chin and his feet twined together. Trying to tell from the way the light filtered in through the filthy window whether the frost was just on the outside, or on the inside again. He could have put a hand out to touch the panes and check. He could have put a foot out and kicked out at God. Or the far wall. It was, he decided, a blessing. A small room held his body heat longer. If hed been able to afford anything larger, then hed have needed a hearth and to buy wood or coal, or even magical tablethi, to heat the place.
Its cold, God said. Its so cold. The divine presence was curled up on His shelf like an emaciated cat, and about the same size. He had shrunk since the night before, and perhaps that, too, was a blessing. Sometimes Yasnic could do with a little less God in his life, and here he was this morning, and God was smaller by at least a quarter. He gave thanks, his knee-jerk reaction ingrained from long years of good upbringing from Kosha, the previous priest of God. Back when Ilmar had been a more tolerant place, and old Kosha and Yasnic and God had lived in three rooms above a tanners and had meat at least once a twelveday.
Not a twelveday, he reminded himself. The School of Correct Exchange was levying fines and making arrests for people using the old calendar, hed heard. He had to start thinking in terms of a seven-day week, except then he couldnt look back on the way things had been and quantify the time properly. How often had they had meat, back when hed been a boy learning at Koshas knee? What was seven into twelve or twelve into seven or however it might work? His mathematics werent good enough to work it out. And so, obscurely, it felt as though a swathe of his memories was locked away by the new ordnances. Also, hed just given thanks to God that he had less God in his life, and God, the recipient of those thanks, was right there and staring at him accusingly.
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