num_pages: 399
description: Four centuries after the Third Shining the Orsinas rule absolute in the domed city-state of Araboth. A fortress built at the ocean's edge, Araboth protects its citizens from the presumed horrors of Outside. But now the predictions of Araboth's collapse seem near fulfillment. As the Prince of Storms gathers Outside, amidst a giddy atmosphere of decadent ritual inside, four will come together in one last hope for survival. Prisoner and privileged alike, this small group - Hobi, a boy on the brink of manhood; Reive, a green-eyed visionary; Tast'annin, a deathless warrior; and Nefertity, an android built in the time long before the dark days - will face the opening gates to welcome the raging Æstival Tide. In a stunning feat of the imagination Elizabeth Hand takes us once again into a world shaken by forces of devastating evil, sustained by a fragile ray of hope. Breathtaking in its invention, mesmerizing in the telling, Æstival Tide is the intoxicating sequel to the highly praised Winterlong.
language: English
title: Æstival Tide
titlecomplete: Æstival Tide
genres: Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 306
series: Winterlong
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Philip K. Dick Award
publisher: Bantam Spectra