‘L oud, bold and uncompromisingly ambitious’ – Upcoming4. City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett - 9781848669598 Categories: Thriller Books Thrillers Science Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Fantasy Books 10 off Share City of Blades : The Divine Cities Book 2 4.21 (15,375 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback The Divine Cities English By (author) Robert Jackson Bennett US14. Ī triumphant return to the world of A City of Stairs.

The trouble is, that this old soldier isn’t sure she’s still got what it takes to be the hero. She’s on one final mission, to find a Saypuri secret agent who’s gone AWOL. So it makes perfect sense for General Turyin Mulaghesh, foul-mouthed hero of the battle of Bulikov, rumoured war criminal, ally of embattled Prime Minister Shara Komayd, to be exiled here – but she’s not just eking out her days in this hellhole till retirement. Now the god is dead and the city lies in ruins, a wasteland of sectarian violence and bloody uprisings. Edgar and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF BLADES, a sequel to his fantasy novel City of Stairs, as well as an untitled second novel, again to Julian Pavia at Crown, by Cameron McClure. City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett: 9780553419719 : Books A triumphant return to the world of City of Stairs. Nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award 2016.Ī generation ago the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Rating details 4. He lives in Austin with his wife and son. His books have been awarded the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson, and the Philip K. I was of two minds when I learned that Robert Jackson Bennett would be making a return journey to the world and the wares he so successfully peddled in City of Stairs.On the one hand, he hardly. ‘Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience’ – Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism.ĭo the dead sleep soundly in the land of death – or do they have plans of their own? ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT is the author of American Elsewhere, The Troupe, The Company Man, and Mr.