City of Stairs

City of StairsAn 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 09/09/2014
ISBN: 9780804137171
Pages: 452
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.20w x 1.01d
Award: Locus Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/15/2014 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 06/09/2014
Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 47
Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 68
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/26/2014 pg. 18
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2014 pg. 31
Asimov's Science Fiction 03/01/2015 pg. 109
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 55