01750nam a2200313u  4500001001200000003000700012005001700019007000300036008004100039010001500080020001800095040002300113050002800136082001500164100004600179245004400225250001900269264004000288264001200328300002400340336002100364337002500385338002300410520088500433650003601318650002601354655002801380655002801408862222210  OCoLC 20190501234144.0ta150924s2014    nyu           000 1 eng    a2013040422  a9780804137171  aDLCbengerdacDLC00aPS3602.E66455bC58 201400a813/.62231 aBennett, Robert Jackson,d1984-,eauthor.10aCity of stairscRobert Jackson Bennett.  aFirst Edition. 1aNew York :bBroadway Books,c[2014] 4c♭2014  a452 pages ;c21 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aThe city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions-- until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself--first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it--stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy. Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem--and that Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over. 0aMurderxInvestigationvFiction. 0aSpy mastersvFiction. 7aScience fiction.2gsafd 7aFantasy fiction.cgsafd