On

by Adam Roberts (signed)
Cover by Chris Moore (signed)

Gollancz First Edition

Description: Hardback book published by Gollancz / Orion Publishing in 2001. The copyright page states 'This edition first published in 2001 by Gollancz' and no further printings are indicated, making this a first printing. Signed by the author on the half title page without inscription or personalization. Signed by the cover artist on the half title page without inscription or personalization. The author's second book.

From the front flap: Tighe lives on the wall. It towers above his village and falls away below it. It is vast and unforgiving and it is everything they know. Live is hard on the wall, little more than a clinging on for dear life.

And then one day Tighe falls off the world. And falls, and falls and falls... and survives. He finds a new part of the wall; a vast expanse of cluttered ledges packed with more people than he ever imagined existed.

And a war, A war fought by the Popes and their armies. A war Tighe must join, a war that will take him on a journey into the heart of the mystery behind the Wall.

ON is superbly confident novel of a radically different world. It has echoes of A Canticle for Leibowitz and The Book of the New Sun. It is a remarkable feat of imagination and sustained narrative drive.

Condition: Binding - near fine, top and bottom of spine slightly bumped, upper front corner very slightly bumped, pages browning a bit around the edges and the page edges are very very slightly soiled. Dust jacket - very good, minor edgewear, a little damaged and wrinkled at top and bottom of spine, minor soiling and scratching, not price clipped, in dust jacket protector.

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