The Etched City [Hardcover]

"'Scenes among the most mystifying and astonishing I have found in a fantasy' Michael Moorcock, Guardian; 'Surpassing skill and vigour' Time Out; 'A brilliant first novel' Locus" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Fleeing the ghosts of their violent past, two former revolutionaries - the roguish, rakish Gwynn and the taciturn Raule - escape from the desert Copper Country to the tropical city of Ashamoil. As they salvage new lives from the rubble of the old, they discover past ghosts are future ghosts too.

Fleeing the ghosts of their violent past, two former revolutionaries - the roguish, rakish Gwynn and the taciturn Raule - escape from the ruined and deserted Copper Country to the tropical city of Ashamoil. As they salvage new lives from the rubble of the old, they discover that the ghosts of the past are also the ghosts of the future. 'Scenes among the most mystifying and astonishing I have found in a fantasy' MICHAEL MOORCOCK, Guardian 'A brilliant first novel' Locus --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

K. J. Bishop was born in Melbourne, Australia, and began writing fiction at the age of twenty-five. Her short stories have appeared in Aurealis , Fables and Reflections, and The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol. II. She currently divides her time between writing and working as a freelance artist/designer. This is her first novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.