Necromancer Chronicles: The Drowning City (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Larou

I'm too jaded and cynical to pay much regard to blurbs anymore; but when I visit an author's website and find her just-published first novel praised by Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette and Jacqueline Carey, then I'm still naive enough that it *does* get my attention. And fortunately so, in this case...

from KarenIrelandPhillips

Urban fantasy - in a city you've never known and will never want to. Necromancer and spy Isylt Iskaldur is fomenting revolution in the tactically important city of Symir as the monsoon approaches. Ghosts, children, lords, magicians and revolutionaries all play a part in this gritty story of Isylt...

from iftyzaidi

This is the debut novel by author Amanda Downum and also the first in a fantasy trilogy. It does however work as a standalone with a satisfying conclusion to the story. Perhaps the strongest aspect of this book and what really makes it stand out from the crowd is the lush, tropical south-east asi...

from Larou

I'm too jaded and cynical to pay much regard to blurbs anymore; but when I visit an author's website and find her just-published first novel praised by Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette and Jacqueline Carey, then I'm still naive enough that it *does* get my attention. And fortunately so, in this case...

from patrickgarson

The Drowning City is a promising debut that overcomes its few hiccups by the conclusion of the book. Downum is definitely one to watch. Isyllt is a necromancer spy, sent to the steamy south to sow trouble in a rival empire. But on arrival, she realises she's stepped into a colonised city on the...