Lives of Bitter Rain
A Tyrant Philosophers Novella
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Lives of Bitter Rain
Narrated by:
David Thorpe
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David Thorpe
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City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring ‘Perfection’ and ‘Correctness’ to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach – the rain before the storm.
Outreach is that part of the Pal machine responsible for diplomacy — converting enemies into friends, achieving through words what an army of five thousand could not, urging the oppressed to overthrow the bloody-handed priests, evil necromancers and greedy despots that subjugate them.
Angilly, twelve-years-old, a child of Pal soldiers stationed in occupied Jarokir, does not know it yet, but a sequence of accidents and questionable life choices will lead her to Outreach. As she travels from Jarrokir to Bracinta, Cazarkand, Lemas, The Holy Regalate of Stouk and finally, Usmai, she’ll learn that the price of her nation’s success is paid in compromise and lost chances, and that the falling rain will always be bitter.
LIVES OF BITTER RAIN is a novella in Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning Tyrant Philosopher series. It is a prequel to the third novel in the sequence, DAYS OF SHATTERED FAITH.©2025 Adrian Czajkowski (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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PRAISE FOR THE TYRANT PHILOSOPHERS SERIES:
'Exceptional.... Not to be missed' - Publishers Weekly, Starred review
'Brilliant' A Daily Mail Book of the Year
'An intriguing tangle, dense, dark, ingenious, ironic, complex, often funny, and always smart'
'Exceptional.... Not to be missed' - Publishers Weekly, Starred review
'Brilliant' A Daily Mail Book of the Year
'An intriguing tangle, dense, dark, ingenious, ironic, complex, often funny, and always smart'
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