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No Present Like Time continues the journey begun in The Year of Our War. In a world where a god is absent and an emperor battles an insect menace, a newly discovered land holds ancient secrets. Exiled immortals stir against the ruling Circle, sparking a fierce conflict that forces Jant Comet—and even the immortal—to confront mortality and the cost of power.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Steph Swainston
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