Steph Swainston. God nashey voyny (The Year of Our War)

Debyut Stef Sveynston v literature okazalsya neveroyatno uspeshnym. Uvlekatelnyy i sovershenno netraditsionnyy dlya zhanra fentezi roman poluchil ne tolko priznanie u chitateley, no i vysochayshuyu otsenku kritikov i v 2005 godu byl udostoen premii Crawford, a takzhe voshel v chislo nominantov premii John W.Campbell, prisuzhdaemoy luchshim avtoram, pishushchim v zhanre fantastiki i fentezi.

V mire, sozdannom avtorom, obitaet rasa krylatyh lyudey, ne umeyushchih letat, i rasa lyudey, kotorye zhivut sredi holodnyh gornyh pikov. A eshche est bessmertnye, v chyu zadachu vhodit oberegat prostyh obitateley Chetyrehzemelya ot bezzhalostnyh Nasekomyh-ubiyts razmerom s poni, ibo eti zhutkie tvari pozhirayut lyudey i pyad za pyadyu zahvatyvayut zemli. Voyna s nimi dlitsya uzhe dve tysyachi let, no vot nakonets proishodit sobytie, kotoroe, vozmozhno, stanet nachalom kontsa zatyanuvsheysya bitvy. Nad polem boya voznikaet most - vernee, polovinka mosta, vedushchego v nikuda...