![]() ![]() ![]() Between the opposite poles of Gwynn and Raule is a languid tale wandering through a sideshow menagerie of lovelorn mobsters, debased priests, brutal imperialists, sorcererous drug dealers, gangland warlords, and otherworldly artists that deftly examines the nature of violence, compassion, spirituality, redemption, and reality. Raule, meanwhile, heads to the bottom where she tries to erase her brutal past through ministrations to the city's forsaken. ![]() Gwynn's ruthless knack for violence sends him to the top of the town as an enforcer for the Horn Fan Cartel and its bustling slave trade. Wanted and destitute, they make for the uncharted Telute Shelf to find new lives amid the sprawling metropolis of Ashamoil. The duo's relationship of necessity is cemented as they flee the justice of "The Army of Heroes," a force created to put down a rebellion in which they were active participants. Set first in the dustbowl wasteland of the Copper Country, Bishop introduces the battlefield sawbones Raule and her gunslinging companion Gwynn. The Etched City (Prime Books) from or .uk. Bishop's impressive first novel, The Etched City, draws deep from the well of dark fantasy to create a bruised and battered realm which invites comparison with Stephen King's Dark Tower series and China Mieville's twisted imaginings. The Etched City is published by: Prime Books (February 2003 ISBN: 189481522X) Tor UK (January 2004 ISBN: 1405041609) Spectra Books (November 2004 ISBN: 0553382918) Order online using these links and infinity plus will benefit. ![]()
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