City Of Dreams And Nightmare City Of A Hundred Rows, Book 1
Author: Ian Whates; Greg Bridges (Illustrator)
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: $32.00 NZD
: 9780857660497
: Watkins Media Limited
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: October 2010
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: Ian Whates; Greg Bridges (Illustrator)
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: English
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Description
THEY CALL IT "THE CITY OF A HUNDRED ROWS".
City of Dreams & Nightmare is the first in a series of novels set in one of the most extraordinary fantasy settings since Gormenghast - the ancient vertical cityof Thaiburley. From its towering palatial heights to the dregs whodwell inThe City Below, thisis a vast, multi-tiered metropolis, 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. Accused of the crime, he must use all of his knowledge of this ancient city to flee a certain death; his only ally is Kat, a renegade like him, but she has secrets of her own...
File Under- FantasyTowering City | Ancient Secrets | Murder Most Foul | Kite Guard!
