Rats and Gargoyles/The Architecture of Desire (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Gentle
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Approximately the seventeenth century
- Setting: A “city at the heart of the world” and London
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Seventeenth century, Gods or goddesses, London, Architecture or architects, Rats or mice
- Locales: London, England
The Plot
These two novels describe political intrigue. In Rats and Gargoyles, a culture of humans and humanoid rats struggles under the control of gods that inhabit the Fane, a vast palace with underground caverns. The novel chronicles a struggle among gods, men, and rats during the time of a major cultural change.
For centuries, the city at the heart of the world, which by inference sets the standard for the rest of the world, has been immersed in a huge building project called the Fane, which is inhabited by thirty-six gods. The city is ruled by the Rat King,...
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