The Miocene Arrow (Greatwinter Trilogy),Used

Review With Remarkable Imagination And Insight, Mcmullen Conjures A Complex And Lively Story.Booklist (Starred Review)Mcmullen'S Prose Is Plain But Lucid, And, Nicely Enriched With Low Human Comedy, Coincidence And Farce, Is Perfectly Suited To Explication Of His Crowded Story Of Heroism And Cupidity In This Cross Between An Oldfashioned Airace Adventure And Arthurian Romance. . . . Mcmullen Ties Up The Numerous Plot Twists With An Admirable Facility, And The Final Pages Are Imbued With The Burgeoning Sense That The Diptych Of Souls In The Great Machine And The Miocene Arrow Is Destined To Become A Classic.Paul Mcauley, Interzone Product Description In A Fortiethcentury America Of Ancient Kingdoms With Opulent Courts, Hereditary Engineering Guilds, And Rigid Class Distinction In Warfare, A Centuriesold Balance Of Power Is Shattered By A Few Dozen Australian Infiltrators. Against A Rich Backdrop Of War, Chivalry, Conspiracy, And A Dieselpowered Arms Race, A Dangerous Secret Alliance Has Formed. Now The Unlikely Trio Of An Airlord, An Abbess, And A Fugitive Are Joined Together In A Desperate Race Against Time To Stop The Ultimate Doomsday Machine From Being Launched: About The Author Sean Mcmullen Is One Of The Leading Australian Sf Authors To Emerge During The 1990S, Having Won More Than A Dozen National Awards In His Homeland. In Addition, He Has Sold Several Dozen Short Stories To Magazines Such As Analog, Interzone, And Fantasy & Science Fiction, And Was Coauthor Of Strange Constellations, A History Of Australian Sf. He Established Himself In The American Market With The Publication Of The Greatwinter Trilogy (Comprised Of Souls In The Great Machine, The Miocene Arrow, And Eyes Of The Calculor). His Fiction Has Been Translated Into Polish, French, And Japanese. The Settings For Sean'S Work Range From The Roman Empire, Through Medieval Europe, To Cities Of The Distant Future. He Has Bachelor'S And Master'S Degrees From Melbourne University, And Postgraduate Diplomas In Computer Science, Information Science And Business Management. He Is Currently Doing A Phd In Medieval Fantasy Literature At Melbourne University, Where He Is Also The Deputy Instructor At The Campus Karate Club, And A Member Of The Fencing Club. Before He Began Writing, Sean Spent Several Years In Student Reviews And Theatre, And Was Lead Singer In Three Rock And Folk Bands. After Singing In Several Early Music Groups And Choirs, He Spent Two Years In The Victorian State Opera Before He Began Writing. He Lives In Melbourne With His Wife Trish And Daughter Catherine. Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved. Miocene Arrow1Coronation5 May 3960: Condelorit Was Said That No Dominion In Mounthaven Did Coronations And Funerals So Well As Greater Bartolica. In Area It Was The Biggest Of The Dominions And Condelor, Its Beautiful And Ancient Capital, Was The Most Elegant Of The Known World'S Cities. The Buildings That Lined Its Streets Were Built Proof Against Age As Well As Earthquakes, Built With Curving Walls That Tapered Gracefully Upward, As If Striving To Rise Into The Air. The Windows Were Within Heavy Arches, But There Were So Many Windows In Each Building That Their Interiors Were Never Dark Or Oppressive. The Apartment Terraces, Shops, And Storehouses Were All Encrusted With Multicolored Stone And Glazed Tiles. Even The Tiles On The Roofs Were Glazed And Colored, For It Was Important That Condelor Also Be Pleasing To The Wardens Who Saw It From The Air. Raised Aqueducts Of Sawn Black Basalt, Orange Sandstone, And Red Brick Carried Water In From The Nearby Mountains, Where It Passed Down Terracotta Pipes To Power Machines Before Emptying Into The Canal Waterways That Interwove The Roads And Tramways Of The City.As One Neared The Center Of Condelor The Parks Became Bigger, The Mansions Were More Splendid, And The Streets And Avenues Grew Wider Until The Royal Palace Came Into View Above The Trees.