Name: City of Stairs
Price: 642.00 TWD
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Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
ISBN: 9780804137171

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Jackson Bennett

Publisher

Del Rey Books

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.9 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780804137171

Synopsis "City of Stairs "

An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, protean city--from one of America's most acclaimed young science fiction writers. The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions--until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself--first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it--stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy. Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem--and that Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.

Robert Jackson Bennett

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ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT is the author of American Elsewhere, The Troupe, The Company Man, and Mr. Shivers, as well as the trilogy The Divine Cities. His work has received the Edgar, Shirley Jackson, and the Phillip K. Dick Award for Excellence, and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Locus awards. He lives in Austin with his family.

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