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About the product A world in which radio coexists with curses, and chemical weapons are used as often as black magic. A victorious country experiencing the consequences of a world war. An island that was at war and still hides its secrets. A city ruled by crime lords and corrupt police officers. — The author is the artist Richard Kirk, illustrator Chyna Mieville, Thomas Ligotti, Clive Barker. — An excellent example of the literature of the «new strange», or new weird. — One of the most anticipated new products of 2018. «For those who enjoy extremely convoluted phantasmagoric stories that do not scare you with horrible events, but subtly fascinate with sinister magic, I highly recommend checking out this book.» — Natalia Osoyanu, author of The Golden City Abstract Lumsden Moh is an escaped thief and a passionate bibliophile. Since childhood, he constantly blames himself for the tragic death of his girlfriend, Memoria, who had strange abilities. An attempt to take revenge on the judge by stealing a copy of a rare book turns into a meeting with dangerous people and receiving an equally dangerous task. Together with his friends — Imogen, a strange creature Rainbow and Crafted Raven, he goes to the island of Nightjar. It is a devastated place, poisoned by war and genocide — the Purge. They are pursued by the Red Lamprey crime syndicate, police agents and a frightening witch girl with a nightmarish tame monster. In a fantasy world that has not yet recovered from world war, in which technology is intertwined with magic, Mohu and Imogen will have to decipher the secrets of their past in order to open the dark heart of the cursed island.
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