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When the arctic port thawed, surgeons and conspirators alike sharpened their knives. The renegade city of Northernmost withers under a century-old curse and royal tyranny, dying slowly – until the forces of progress storm its icy shores.
A questing knight arrives on swift wings, seeking redemption in this crisis. A gifted anatomist dabbles in arcane arts to divine the cause of the curse. A foreign doctor and a hinterland shaman blend ancient rites with modern medicine. A band of mercenaries search for a barbaric dragon-eater sealed away in a lonely tree. And the last scion of Northernmost's nobility struggles against the legacy of a god that beached itself in her domain.
It is a simple rule of alchemy – there is no time more dangerous and fateful than a moment of change.
“That Great Leviathan” by Tyler Kimball is a fantastical blend of chivalric romance, political intrigue, and alchemical medical thriller, set in the neoclassical world of Thier.
By now, I’ve realized that I like Tyler Kimball. That Great Leviathan is the third of his works I have read and the guy has chops. He knows how to cook.
Unlike his previous works, the historical-weird essay Whom Gods Would Destroy and the collection written on acid, Starless and Bible-Bl…