Nothing is as weird and chilling as The Reproach, the cursed district of Ilmar. Perhaps befitting of a place surrounded by an ancient and powerful wood Ilmar is full of enigmatic and wonderfully weird characters. I loved its denizens and finding out about the city’s culture and history through their resistance to the Pallseen occupation. And so the pistons of the Tchaikovsky machine whir and play with this pendulum each swing garnering momentum be it the plotting Pallseen or the intriguing Ilmari. The Ilmari are very poorly-inclined to kowtow and so we join the plot at a point where something, anything will surely kick everything off … but not quite. The Pallseen perfection drives the book’s antagonistic totalitarian occupiers to hold the city of Ilmar. Its demon-powered factories belch black infernal smoke to power the prose as burn you through the pages. Everything has been precisely placed to full effect. This latest release, The City of Last Chances, was carved out of granite by an industrial literary automaton. Where to even hone in for this review? Well, Tchaikovsky fantasy is a real heavy duty fair and if you’re only familiar with his sci-fi then this is a great entry point into another side of his writing. City of Skip to the bottom of the review if you don’t have much time because I’m giving this book a 10. Ilmar, City of Long Shadows, City of Bad Decisions. While she kindly provided an arc of the title, this review and my thoughts are my own. The Ilmari intolerance for their occupiers sparks with every tighten of the thumbscrew and surely the sparks will ignite soon.Ī thank you to Cassie Waters from Head of Zeus for inviting us aboard the book tour for The City of Lost Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky. But still the Pallseen decided to take and occupy it, seeking to bring their perfection to a city of ancient curses, a bloodthirsty criminal underworld, tricksters, cheats, murderers, demons, and, of course, the dark and mystical Anchorwood that becomes a portal to worlds unknown when the moon is full. Ilmar, they call it the city of bad decisions.
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