No Present Like Time

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No Present Like Time
Author Steph Swainston
Cover artist Emma Wallace
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series The Castle books
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Gollancz
Publication date April 2005
Pages 317 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-575-07006-4
Preceded by The Year of Our War
Followed by The Modern World

The Fantasy/Science Fiction novel No Present Like Time (2005) by Steph Swainston is the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Year of Our War (2004).

Again the Emperor’s winged messenger Jant is the protagonist of the story. The novel features a successful challenger to the position of Swordsman in the Emperor’s Circle of immortals and the rebellion of the former holder of that position. The story also concerns the apparent discovery of a previously unknown island and the naval expedition to it, which Jant is forced to join. Like its predecessor, the novel has been described as an example of the New Weird literary genre.

The sequel to No Present Like Time was published in May 2007 and is called The Modern World.

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