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Made Things

By (author) Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovskyâ€™s Made Things is a dark yet whimsical fantasy tale full of magic, half-mages and puppet companions. Making friends could mean the difference between ruin and great reward . . . Welcome to Fountains Parish â€“ a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mould on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief and a trickster with a small talent for magic. She also has something other thieves donâ€™t . . . tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They donâ€™t entirely trust her, and she doesnâ€™t entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works. But can it survive a far bigger challenge than picking a pocket or two? A local crime lord has noted Coppeliaâ€™s success and compels her to assist in a high-stakes heist: breaking into a mageâ€™s palace to plunder its treasures. She knows this illicit adventure could either break her or make all their fortunes. But a surprising discovery shakes their world to the core â€“ and Coppelia and her friends are forced to face a threat to the great city itself. Includes the bonus short story, â€˜Precious Little Thingsâ€™! * * * Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky â€˜One of the best storytellers in the businessâ€™ â€“ John Scalzi, author of Old Manâ€™s War on Service Model â€˜Addictively brilliant!â€™ â€“ John Gwynne, author of Malice on The Tiger and the Wolf â€˜Few contemporary writers have Adrian Tchaikovskyâ€™s range, excelling at chunky far-future hard SF as well as high-fantasy epicsâ€™ â€“ Guardian