Viriconium

Available to American readers for the first time, this landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fantasy classics from the acclaimed author ofLight. Set in the imagined city of Viriconium, here are the masterworks that revolutionized a genre and enthralled a generation of readers:The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium,andViriconium Nights. Back in print after a long absence, these singular tales of a timeless realm and its enigmatic inhabitants are now reborn and compiled to captivate a whole new generation.

M. John Harrison is the award-winning author of eight previous novels and four collections of short stories. His fifth novel, In Viriconium, was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize, and his sixth, Climbers, won the Boardman Tasker Award. His most recent novel, Light, was awarded the James Tiptree Jr. Award and shortlisted for the 2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award.