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slowed down the plot and he also complained about the foreign terms throughout the novel that were devoid of translation or definition. In a second review of the novel, Silver had more negative things to say of the characters describing them to be "more like archetypes than like individuals" and also having "lack of dimensions."
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had an "eerie prophetic resonance" with current events. Throughout the novel there are various terrorist tactics used to defeat the protagonists, including the mid-air explosion of an airship. Also reviewer noted the possible theme of fundamentalism vs. secularism. Whether this theme was intended by
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prepares to take off, King's group sneaks on board. The captain takes the King-Emperor hostage and reveals that he has planted evidence implicating other governments in the assassination attempt, in order to trigger a major war. He blows himself up, killing himself and King-Emperor John and damaging
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In Delhi, on his way to the bar-Binyamin residence, King is attacked by assassins and the fight spills over into
Warburton's residence. Meanwhile, Warburton has been critically injured by Ignatieff and a traitorous British agent, Richard Allenby. Ignatieff and Allenby escape, and Allenby summons the
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called the novel an "action-filled adventure through a future reminiscent of the
British Raj" and described the characters as being "sympathetic and realistic despite the alternate world which they inhabit." Silver, however, found the amount of research that Stirling did to write the novel to have
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suffered from drought, famine, and a Second Mutiny, in which millions of starving
Indians rose against the British after hearing rumors of food being shipped back to Britain. The Second Mutiny ended in the 1890s, and solidified the government's relationship with loyal groups in India. By 2025, the
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America, technological advancement would have been slowed due to the local conditions of the
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to find Elias bar-Binyamin, a Jewish financier who owes the King family a favor, to gain further information. To ensure
Cassandra's safety, King's friend Sir Manfred Warburton arranges for her to be hired by the royal palace as tutor to King-Emperor John II's daughter, Princess Sita. While there,
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called it a fun story, but agreed with Silver that
Stirling failed to tell the reader the meaning of some of the foreign words used and even corrected the author on the spelling of some words. In an interview, Stirling stated he got the vocabulary for the novel from dictionaries and a
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that blots out the sun. This in turn causes the collapse of
Industrialized civilization, which was unable to survive without the ability to raise crops in winter-like conditions that lasted for three years. In order to survive, the British Government, under the leadership of
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force the ship down. As the guards hold off the raiders, Ibrahim Khan and Sir
Manfred are sent to get help. The Peshawar Lancers arrive to drive away the raiders and guide the survivors to safety. Prince Charles marries Cassandra, and Yasmini marries King.
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sacrifice. Sita's bodyguard is killed defending them, and David bar-Elias destroys
Allenby's home with a homemade explosive. Sita and her group are confronted by the King-Emperor himself. He is also making plans for a state visit to France on the Imperial
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in years." He complimented
Stirling on the depth of his world building and skillful use of historical personages. Filippo expressed favor for the various characters and especially liked the antagonism between Narayan Singh and Ibrahim Khan.
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subjects. Russia's Serpent Throne is kept afloat by the Sisterhood of True Dreamers, the descendants of the nun, and others like her. The males go mad from the dreams at puberty, so the females are the ones who are used. The
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assassin Ibrahim Khan. When King confronts Khan over who hired him, he makes the connection that a Russian has been sending the assassins. Khan, upon hearing this, swears vengeance at being misled and agrees to follow King.
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and rescue Narayan Singh. Unknown to them, French agent Henri de Vascogne is leading a second group to do the same thing. This second group includes Cassandra, Charles, Sita, and Sita's
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has become the powerful Angrezi Raj and is gradually recolonizing the world, alongside other nations and empires that were able to survive. The novel was published in 2002, and was a
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was rampant among the refugees, she had not been touched. When her dreams of the future proved useful, Nicolae ordered her kept alive at any cost. The Russian elite turned away from
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to kill Cassandra. After escaping one attempt on his life, King decides to leave for Oxford in disguise, but on the train, he is nearly killed again by the
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police. In order to help his friends escape, Narayan Singh stays behind to face the police. Allenby orders Singh taken to his own house for interrogation.
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surviving nations. Technology is progressing, though by time of the novel's setting, but still lags behind our level of technology. Air travel is done by
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King returns home, where Singh's father, Ranjit, tells King the truth behind his father's death. King's mother sends him to
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150 years ago. Regardless of that, the reviewer highly recommended the novel. A review on
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550:Viceroyalty of Australia
181:post-apocalyptic fiction
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1961:Shadows of Annihilation
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2156:"Swords of Zar-Tu-Kan"
2138:"A Murder in Eddsford"
1835:The Council of Shadows
1687:A Meeting at Corvallis
1615:Novels of "The Change"
1312:"SHIKARI IN GALVESTON"
1310:S.M. Stirling (2002).
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780:of Dai-Nippon in 2025.
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1708:The Sword of the Lady
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209:Shikari in Galveston
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157:Shikari in Galveston
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2141:"Something for Yew"
1983:Daggers in Darkness
1905:The Flight Engineer
1771:The Sky-Blue Wolves
1743:The Golden Princess
1736:The Given Sacrifice
1680:The Protector's War
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218:Worlds That Weren't
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1757:Prince of Outcasts
1701:The Scourge of God
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