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Finch
- Author
- Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrator
- Oliver Wyman
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 March 2022
- Run Time
- 14 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fantasy
What to expect
In a deserted tenement in an occupied city, two dead bodies lie on a dusty floor as if they have fallen out of the air. One corpse is cut in half, the other is utterly unmarked. One is human, the other isn’t. The city of Ambergris is half ruined, rotten, its population controlled by narcotics, internment camps, and acts of terror. But its new masters want this case closed, urgently. Detective John Finch has just one week to solve it or be sent to the camps. With no ID for the victims, no clues, no leads, and precious little hope, Finch’s fate hangs in the balance.
But there is more to this case than meets the eye. Enough to put Finch in the crosshairs of every spy, rebel, informer, and traitor in town. Under the shadow of the eldrich tower the occupiers are raising above the city, Finch is about to come face-to-face with a series of mysteries that will change him and Ambergris forever. Why does one of the victims most resemble a man thought to have been dead for a hundred years? What is the murders’ connection to an attempted genocide nearly six hundred years ago? And just what is the secret purpose of the occupiers’ tower?
Critics Review
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“VanderMeer’s intriguing and highly original novel…[is] full of fantastical elements and genuinely humane ones, too…The story’s final moments may seem triumphant, but this complex novel rejects simple conclusions.”
Washington Post
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“An engrossing recasting of the hard-boiled detective novel…His deft mix of genre-blurring style with a layered plot make this a joy to read. Though the book stands well on its own, fans of the earlier Ambergris novels will appreciate it even more.”
Publishers Weekly
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“With appeal both to noir and to fantasy fans, this dark, moody tale is sure to widen VanderMeer’s readership.”
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Details
- Author
- Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrator
- Oliver Wyman
- Duration
- 14 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781982614997
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fantasy
Synopsis
In a deserted tenement in an occupied city, two dead bodies lie on a dusty floor as if they have fallen out of the air. One corpse is cut in half, the other is utterly unmarked. One is human, the other isn’t. The city of Ambergris is half ruined, rotten, its population controlled by narcotics, internment camps, and acts of terror. But its new masters want this case closed, urgently. Detective John Finch has just one week to solve it or be sent to the camps. With no ID for the victims, no clues, no leads, and precious little hope, Finch’s fate hangs in the balance.But there is more to this case than meets the eye. Enough to put Finch in the crosshairs of every spy, rebel, informer, and traitor in town. Under the shadow of the eldrich tower the occupiers are raising above the city, Finch is about to come face-to-face with a series of mysteries that will change him and Ambergris forever. Why does one of the victims most resemble a man thought to have been dead for a hundred years? What is the murders’ connection to an attempted genocide nearly six hundred years ago? And just what is the secret purpose of the occupiers’ tower?
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