Contests ending, people are sad, so we have to keep on bringing what’s hot to keep days bright and spirits high! Today at BookSpot Central I have five copies of the forthcoming novel from Holly Phillips, The Engine’s Child, to be published by Del Rey. A lot of people are starting to put together their best of 2008 lists and this is a novel that’s one of those 20-25 or so that I have to cut down to 10-15 for my portion of the BookSpot Central end of the year lists.

Holly Phillips wrote one of my favorite collections of the last few years with her In the Palace of Repose which was a finalist for both the World Fantasy and Crawford award. Within the collection, two stories were finalists for awards: the title story, a International Horror Guild Award nominee and The Other Grace a World Fantasy nominee. Her debut novel, The Burning Girl was published in 2006 by Prime Books.

Synopsis:

From acclaimed author Holly Phillips comes a major work of visionary fantasy in the vein of Jeff Vandermeer and China Mieville. As richly detailed as it is evocative, the vivid prose of this ambitious novel illuminates a lushly imagined world poised on the brink of revolution.

Lanterns and flickering bulbs light the shadowy world of the rasnan, the island at the edge of a world-spanning ocean that harbors, in its ivory towers and mossy temples, the descendants of men and women who long ago fled a world ruined by magical and technological excess. But not all the island’s inhabitants are resigned to exile. A mysterious brotherhood seeks to pry open doors that lead back to their damaged, dangerous homeland. Others risk the even greater danger of flight, seeking new lands and new freedoms in the vast, uncharted sea.

Amid a web of conspiracy and betrayal, three people threaten to shatter this fragile world. Scheming Lord Ghar, faithful to lost gods and forbidden lore, plays an intricate power game; Lady Vashmarna, an iron-willed ruler, conceals a guilty secret behind her noble facade; and Moth, a poor, irreverent novice, holds perhaps the darkest power of all: a mysterious link to a shadowy force that may prove to be humanity’s final hope-or its ultimate doom.

BookSpot Central would like to thank Del Rey for allowing to bring this contest to our readers!

This contest is open to all BookSpot Central members. Just PM (private message) me at our forums and you’re entered. Please include address/shipping information with your entry so we can get the prizes out to you as quickly as possible. Winners will be announced on December 2nd.

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