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City of Ruin
Imprint: Tor
Synopsis
City of Ruin is the second book in Mark Charan Newton's Legends of the Red Sun fantasy series.
Villiren is a city of sin that's being torn apart from the inside. Hybrid creatures shamble through shadows and barely human gangs fight turf wars for control of the streets.
Amidst this chaos, Commander Brynd Lathraea, commander of the Night Guard, must plan...
Details
544 pages
Imprint: Tor
Reviews
Newton combines strange and vivid creations with very real and pressing concerns with estimable commitment and passion.China Miéville
A deft melding of murder mystery, gang warfare, corrupt politics & full-blown war . . . a rewarding experience.SFX
This is an enthralling tale of bizarre technology, lost civilisations and the various facets of human nature. Masterfully constructed, potent with meaning and wrapped up in wonderfully evocative prose, City of Ruin has propelled Newton into the ranks of epic fantasy’s finest writers.Speculative Horizons
City of Ruin is violent, dark, bloody, with a noir feel to it but the writer infuses this story with enough hope and love to make it just shy from being hopelessly Grim and Gritty. And it is in the depth of his characters that I found the connection I am always and forever expecting to have with the books I read . . . I loved City of Ruin, it is definitely one of the best Fantasy novels I read this year: it is creative but also weird, violent yet hopeful. It has sex and love, tears and bloodshed plus strong characters to root for. Recommended.Book Smugglers