"Brilliant, compelling, and frankly unputdownable." -NPR on The Just City "Walton shines, as she always does, in the small and hurtful and glorious business of interpersonal relationships.this book about philosophy, history, gender and freedom also manages to be a spectacular coming-of-age tale that encompasses everything from courtroom dramas to sexual intrigue." -Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing on The Just City "As skilled in execution as it is fascinating in premise." - Library Journal (starred review) on The Just City In an epic encompassing sandy Mediterranean shores and the farthest reaches of the galaxy, Victorian England and Renaissance Italy, gods and humans argue, fight, love, and most of all, learn from one another, in critically-acclaimed author Jo Walton's unique exploration of the human condition, Thessaly. And there are sins in Paradise, mortal and divine, far graver than the everyday ones. Meanwhile, following his famous spurning by a nymph, Athena's ever-curious brother Apollo has decided to live a mortal human life on the island, in an effort to gain a better understanding of humanity.īut as both Athena and Apollo soon discover, even the Just City is susceptible to the iron law that nothing ever happens as planned. Populate the island of Thera with extraordinary men, women, and children from throughout history, and watch as the mortals forge a harmonious society based on the tenets of Plato’s Republic. The goddess Athena thought she was creating a utopia. Finalist for 2017 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literatureįor the first time, Jo Walton’s critically acclaimed, genre-defying trilogy Thessaly- The Just City, The Philosopher Kings, and Necessity-is available in softcover, in a single-volume trade paperback omnibus
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