'Makes Game of Thrones look like Jackanory' Independent on The Traitor The traitor Baru Cormorant is now the cryptarch Agonist - a secret lord of the corrupt empire she's vowed to destroy. But to gain the power to shatter this Empire of Masks, she's had to betray everyone she loved. She's now hunted by a mutinous admiral and haunted by the wound which has split her mind in two. But Baru is still leading her dearest foes on an expedition, to gain the secret of immortality. It's her best and perhaps only chance to trigger a war - one that would consume the Masquerade. But Baru's heart is broken, and she fears she can no longer tell justice from revenge .

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Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our December 2015 issue (#111) contains:* Original Fiction by Liu Cixin ("Yuanyuan's Bubbles"), Tamsyn Muir ("Union"), Seth Dickinson ("Morrigan in Shadow"), and Cassandra Khaw ("When We Die on Mars").* Reprints by Sean McMullen ("Technarion"), Walter Jon Williams ("Daddys World")Walter Jon Williams ("Daddy's World").* Non-fiction by Jason Heller (A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex), an interview with Gene Wolfe, an Another Word column by Cat Rambo, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

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'Makes Game of Thrones look like Jackanory' - Independent on The TraitorThe Tyrant is a sweeping fantasy of empire and intrigue - the third book in Seth Dickinson's powerful, critically acclaimed fantasy quartet Masquerade. After years of service to the corrupt Imperial Republic of Falcrest, Baru Cormorant finally knows how to destroy it. She's discovered a deadly, weaponized blood plague. And if she releases it, the epidemic will kill millions .

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