Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

★ 4.2 avg 179 votes

About this book

K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all.To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job.Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.

4.2 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 179 votes
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4.2/5 · 179 readers · 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City?

About ≈ 7 h 07 m — 384 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mSixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City~7 h 07 m

How many pages is Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City?

384 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City384

What genre is Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City?

It sits on the Fantasy shelves.

Is Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City?

K. J. Parker.