Deep in the dark byways of the mountain's lower tiers, the urchin Pyre leads a band of fanatical revolutionaries in acts of terrorism against their inhuman oppressors. Eudokia, Machiavellian matriarch and the power behind the Empty Throne, travels to the Roost, nominally to play peacemaker - but in fact to inspire the human population toward revolt. Bas Alyates, grizzled general of a thousand battles, has assembled a vast army with which to contend with the might of Those Above.
Read onlineįor centuries beyond counting, humanity has served the Others, god-like Eternals who rule from their cloud-capped mountain-city, building a civilization of unimagined beauty and unchecked viciousness.īut all that is about to change. Low Town is an attention-grabbing debut that will leave readers riveted. Daniel Polansky has crafted a thrilling novel steeped in noir sensibilities and relentless action, and set in an original world of stunning imagination, leading to a gut-wrenching, unforeseeable conclusion. To protect his home, he will take part in a dangerous game of deception between underworld bosses and the psychotic head of Black House, but the truth is far darker than he imagines. As a former agent with Black House-the secret police-he knows better than anyone that murder in Low Town is an everyday thing, the kind of crime that doesn’t get investigated. setting him on a collision course with the life he left behind.
The Warden’s life of drugged iniquity is shaken by his discovery of a murdered child down a dead-end street. Every day is a constant hustle to find new customers and protect his turf from low-life competition like Tancred the Harelip and Ling Chi, the enigmatic crime lord of the heathens. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. Review"Polansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel, a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime.Sharp, noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark Polansky as a writer with a future." - _Publishers Weekly "_A strong debut novel with a hero who doesn’t waste time worrying about the moral implications of cutting someone’s throat." - KirkusProduct DescriptionDrug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops.
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