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Driftwood

by Marie Brennan
Christina Delaine
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In this first novel set in award-winning author Marie Brennan's incomparable Driftwood fantasy universe, enter a post-apocalyptic realm where the apocalypse has not ended, where fragments of worlds cohere into shifting myths. Yet even as everything fades, Drifters gather to tell conflicting legends of Last, the guide—the one man who seemed immortal, but may have been a fraud.
Who is Last?
Fame is rare in Driftwood—it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably towards the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates.
Within the Shreds, a rumor goes around that Last has died. Drifters come together to commemorate him. But who really was Last? Lying liar, or heroic savior? A mercenary, a charlatan, a legend? A man, an immortal—perhaps even a god?

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  • Release date

    August 14, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705219737
      • File size: 160651 KB
      • Duration: 05:34:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 27, 2020
      Brennan (the Memoirs of Lady Trent series) plays with the concept of secondary-world fantasy with this fresh, immersive introduction to the land of Driftwood, a patchwork world where other fantasy worlds come to die. As each otherworld is pulled toward the Crush, the churning center of Driftwood where their last vestiges mix and crumble before vanishing forever, its inhabitants must adapt to life in Driftwood or disappear along with their homes. The novel’s form mirrors the cobbled-together nature of its world, composed primarily of self-contained episodes unified only by the shadowy figure of Last, the sole survivor of a world that Driftwood consumed long ago. Many who pass through Driftwood seek Last’s aid, desperate to preserve their cultures and stop the inevitable and believing he knows the secrets to surviving the Crush. Brennan skillfully builds a multiplicity of worlds, painting each unique and fully developed culture with bold, minimalist strokes and, though readers don’t get to spend much time with any single character, rendering each member of the sprawling cast with impressive nuance and subtlety. Exploring found family, adaptation, and hope in the face of apocalypse, Brennan imbues this high-concept fantasy with a strong emotional core. Fantasy fans will be thrilled.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Driftwood is a place where worlds come to die. Christina Delaine narrates this audiobook, which is framed as a memorial to a person called Last--the last living being from his world. Each tale offers a different world's remembrance of how Last interacted with it--some view him as a sort of savior, and others characterize him as more of a con man. The stories are very different from each other, but Delaine ties them all together with a constant and steady demeanor. She relies on soft accents and inflection where there is dialogue. A chapter index would have been a benefit for the audiobook to make it easier to go back and forth to a particular story. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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