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02525aam a2200397 i 4500 001 9FB25678383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240702013519 008 231127t20242023nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023037024 020 $a 0593468333 020 $a 9780593468333 020 $a 0593535057 020 $a 9780593535059 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1406019262 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d MWD $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3602.A3447 $b N38 2024 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20231127 100 1 $a Bacigalupi, Paolo, $e author. 245 10 $a Navola / $c Paolo Bacigalupi. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2024. 263 $a 2407 300 $a 559 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "In Navola, a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family-merchant bankers with a vast empire-has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy: knowing who to trust and who to doubt, and how to read what lies hidden behind a smile. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur-like the fossilized dragon eye in the family's possession, a potent symbol of their raw power and a talisman that seems to be summoning Davico to act. As tensions rise and the events unfold, Davico will be tested to his limits. His fate depends on the eldritch dragon relic and on what lies buried in the heart of his adopted sister, Celia di Balcosi, whose own family was destroyed by Nalova's twisted politics. With echoes of Renaissance Italy, The Godfather, and Game of Thrones, Navola is a stunning feat of world-building and a mesmerizing depiction of drive and will"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Upper class families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a City-states $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Merchant banks $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young men $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Political corruption $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Intrigue $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240702033109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9FB25678383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search