City of Dreams and Nightmare
- ISBN-10
- 0857660497
- ISBN-13
- 9780857660497
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 427
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Angry Robot, Limited
- Author
- Ian Whates
Description
THEY CALL IT "THE CITY OF A HUNDRED ROWS". The ancient city of Thaiburley is a vast, multi-tiered metropolis. The poor live in the City Below and demons are said to dwell in the Upper Heights. Having witnessed a murder in a part of the city he should never have been in, street thief Tom has to run for his life. Down through the vast city he is pursued by sky-borne assassins, sinister Kite Guards, and agents of a darker force intent on destabilising the whole city. His only ally is Kat, a renegade like him, but she has secrets of her own... File Under: Fantasy [ Towering City
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