{"product_id":"bitter-seeds-tregillis-ian-9780356501697","title":"Bitter Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A major talent' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R. R. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A confident and thrilling debut'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in Ian Tregillis's Milkweed Triptych series\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003ea dark and thrilling masterpiece featuring a twentieth century much like our own, but also chillingly different.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1939. Raybould Marsh and other members of British Intelligence have gathered to watch a damaged reel of film in a darkened room. It appears to show German troops walking through walls, bursting into flames and hurling tanks into the air from afar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the British are to believe their eyes, a Nazi scientist has been endowing German troops with unnatural, unstoppable powers. And Raybould will be forced to resort to dark methods to hold the impending invasion at bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut dealing with the occult exacts a price. And that price must be paid in blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBitter Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters - an unstoppable Vickers of a novel' \u003c\/b\u003e Cory Doctorow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBitter Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e may rival Naomi Novik's Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tregillis delivers a dynamite first novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSFREVU\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exciting and intense . . . The clash of magic and science meshes perfectly with the tumultuous setting'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Receives my highest recommendations'\u003c\/b\u003e SFFWORLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Milkweed Triptych\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coldest War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNecessary Evil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso by Ian Tregillis:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Alchemy Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mechanical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Broken Binding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124721328506,"sku":"9780356501697","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6558\/2840\/files\/9780356501697.jpg?v=1785324328","url":"https:\/\/thebrokenbinding.co.uk\/products\/bitter-seeds-tregillis-ian-9780356501697","provider":"The Broken Binding","version":"1.0","type":"link"}