The Drowning City
$59.09
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2009
Summary
The Drowning City: home to exiles and expatriates, pirates and smugglers. And violent revolutionaries who will stop at nothing to overthrow the corrupt Imperial government.
For Isyllt Iskaldur, necromancer and spy, the brewing revolution is a chance to prove herself to her crown. All she has to do is find and finance the revolutionaries, and help topple the palaces of Symir. But she is torn between her new friends and her duties, and the longer she stays in this monsoon-drenched city,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841498140 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1841498149 |
| Author: | Amanda Downum |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 108mm |
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Lush, evocative. Amanda Downum creates a richly relaised, refreshingly Eastern world full of charms and spirits, espionage and ibtrigue and the wars of great power fought by proxy
Lush, evocative. Amanda Downum creates a richly relaised, refreshingly Eastern world full of charms and spirits, espionage and ibtrigue and the wars of great power fought by proxy - Brent Weeks
Downum effectively combines action, magic, police procedure and political intrigue in this complex and striking debut. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYLike the worlds she imagines, the words of Amanda Downum are lyrical, persuasive, and evocative. If you read only one first novel this year, read this one. I promise it’s good - Elizabeth BearIntense, atmospheric fun - STRANGE HORIZONSA very enjoyable first novel - SFREVUAbout The Author
Amanda Downum
Amanda was born in Virginia and, after travelling widely, she was sucked into the gravity well of Texas and hasn’t managed to escape. Yet. She has a BA in English Lit, and is now a bookstore minion while writing and beast-herding her many animals full time. She lives near Austin.
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