Peter Higgins read English at Oxford and was Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College before joining the Civil Service. He began writing fantasy and SF stories in 2006 and his work has appeared in Fantasy: Best of the Year 2007 and Best New Fantasy 2. He has been published by Asimov's Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, and Zahir. His short story "Listening for Submarines" was translated and published by the St. Petersburg-based literary magazine Esli. He is married with three children and lives in South Wales.
"[Wolfhound Century] captures its world with absolute conviction.
Mirgorod is a city of crumbling infrastructure and frightened
people, but it is also a living, breathing, and very much vital
place, that lives in its narrow streets and filthy river and in the
overwhelming sense of cold that becomes more oppressive every time
somebody shivers in daylight or huddles in a doorway for
protections. There's brutality and heroism in equal
portions."--SciFi Magazine on Wolfhound Century
"A brilliant exploitation of the power of fantasy: the tender green
soul of Russian history set free for uncanny battle with its grey,
gunmetal carapace."--Francis Spufford on Wolfhound Century
"A compelling Stalin-era alternate Russia ... An ambitious and
fascinating novel."--Booklist on Truth and Fear
"A dark new Soviet alternative history with angels...an alternate
history that will grab you by the lapels and snap you to
attention."--io9.com on Wolfhound Century
"An amazing, fast-paced story in a fantasy world poised dangerously
on the edge of quantum probability, a world where angels war with
reality"--Peter F. Hamilton on Wolfhound Century
"I absolutely loved Wolfhound Century. Higgins's world is truly
original creation, Russian cosmos and Slavic mythology filtered
through steampunk and le Carre. What really captured me was his
beautiful style and language: his metaphors and associations flow
smoothly like the waters of the Mir, and, like Lom without his
angel stone, make you see the world in a new way."--Hannu Rajaniemi
on Wolfhound Century
"Like vintage Mieville or Vandermeer, but with all the violent
narrative thriller drive of Fleming at his edgiest. I fell into
Wolfhound Century and devoured it in three days."--Richard Morgan
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