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Daniel Polansky

The Magnificent Seven meets The Wind in the Willows in this action-packed fantasy adventure from Daniel Polansky, The Builders.A missing eye.A broken wing.A stolen country.The last job didn't end well.Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the ...

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Daniel Polansky

Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted...

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Daniel Polansky

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Rob Shapiro

Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted...

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Daniel Polansky

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The Empty Throne

'Machiavellian clockwork glory' - Mark Lawrence, author of The Broken Empire trilogyThey enslaved humanity three thousand years ago. Tall, strong, perfect, superhuman and near immortal they rule from their glittering palaces in the eternal city in the centre of the world. They are called Those Above by their subjects. They enforce their will with fire and sword.Twenty five years ago mankind mustered an army and rose up against them, only to be slaughtered i...

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Daniel Polansky

Hugo Award finalist Daniel Polansky crafts an innovative, mind-bending fantasy mystery in The Seventh PerfectionWhen a woman with perfect memory sets out to solve a riddle, the threads she tugs on could bring a whole city crashing down. The God-King who made her is at risk, and his other servants will do anything to stop her.To become the God-King's Amanuensis, Manet had to master all seven perfections, developing her body and mind to the peak of hum...

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Daniel Polansky

From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manhattan.Years ago, Tomorrow - a noxious cloud of funky gas - descended on Manhattan, cutting the island off from the rest of the world and mutating the remaining population.Now, survivors exist amid the rubble of modernity, wearing cast-off clothing from generations past, worshipping celebrities from the past as ambivalent gods and communicating through roughly ...

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Daniel Polansky

Book 2 -

The Empty Throne

For centuries beyond counting, humanity has served the Others, god-like Eternals who rule from their cloud-capped mountain-city, building a civilization of unimagined beauty and unchecked viciousness.But all that is about to change. Bas Alyates, grizzled general of a thousand battles, has assembled a vast army with which to contend with the might of Those Above. Eudokia, Machiavellian matriarch and the power behind the Empty Throne, travels to the Roost, nominally to play peacemake...

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Daniel Polansky

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Profiles

Six bios in one!Six bios in one!Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography. The next book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on war spies. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they want to know about some of the most famous spies in history. Featuring Sir Francis Walsingham, Nathan Hale, Belle Boyd, Kim Philby, Virginia Hall, and Allen Dulles. Find out how and why they grew up to be spies!

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Daniel Polansky

Narrated by

Andrew Wincott

Audiobook 1 -

The Empty Throne

They enslaved humanity three thousand years ago. Tall, strong, perfect, superhuman and near immortal they rule from their glittering palaces in the eternal city in the centre of the world. They are called Those Above by their subjects. They enforce their will with fire and sword.Twenty five years ago mankind mustered an army and rose up against them, only to be slaughtered in a terrible battle. Hope died that day, but hatred survived. Whispers of another revolt are beginning to sti...

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Daniel Polansky

In Daniel Polansky's next Tor.com Original short story "Baby Teeth," a forlorn teenager's monotonous life is interrupted when a stranger draws him into the hunt for a vampiric serial killer.He will learn that while monsters are much more real than he thought, there is no such thing as heroes.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Daniel Polansky

Narrated by

Barrie Kreinik

"Barrie Kreinik narrates a complex fantasy about the multifaceted nature of truth...The structure of this story is intricate, despite being short, and Kreinik masterfully weaves a path through its various narratives." -- AudioFile MagazineHugo Award finalist Daniel Polansky crafts an innovative, mind-bending fantasy mystery in The Seventh PerfectionWhen a woman with perfect memory sets out to solve a riddle, the threads sh...

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Daniel Polansky

Baltimore isn't safe. Not even for the predatory meat that stalks its nights. Searching for victims who won't be missed, meat doesn't feel regret or pain—only thirst. But the meat remembers something more... doesn't it? is there more to eternal life than finding another drink?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.