The Etched City

Overview

Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the north, a loner, a survivor . . . a killer. Raule is a wandering surgeon, a healer who still believes in just--and lost--causes. Bound by a desire to escape the ghosts of the past, together they flee to the teeming city of Ashamoil, where Raule plies her trade among the desperate and destitute, and Gwynn becomes bodyguard and assassin for the household of a corrupt magnate. There, in the saving and taking of lives, they find themselves immersed in a world where art infects life, dream and waking fuse, and splendid and frightening miracles begin to bloom . . .

Editorial Reviews

A gunslinger and a healer, both fugitives from a failed revolution, travel across the Copper Country to the city-state of Ashamoil, where they hope to lose themselves in the city's teeming population. The experiences of Gwynn the soldier as he delves into Ashamoil's more sinister elements and Raule the doctor as she finds a purpose among the city's poor merge into a dreamlike existence touched with beauty, terror, and the unexplainable. Reminiscent of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series and the works of China Mi ville, Bishop's first novel combines the action-based atmosphere of a Western with the headiness of magical realism to forge a unique, visionary tale. For most fantasy collections. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of K.J. Bishop

K.J. Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her short stories have been published in Aurealis, Fables and Reflections, Borderlands, Album Zutique #1, Leviathan 4, The Alsiso Project, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, and the Serbian magazines Polaris and Znack Sagite. The Etched City is her first novel.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Spectra

Filesize

885.67 KB

Number of Pages

400

eBook ISBN

9780553900835

Awards

• Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards (Ditmars)
• International Horror Guild Awards
• World Fantasy Awards