01929cam a2200337 i 4500 1164332372 TxAuBib 20141022120000.0 131105s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013040422 9780804137171 080413717X (OCoLC)862222210 DLC rda eng DLC IG# YDXCP BDX BTCTA ZS3 OCLCO TxAuBib rda Bennett, Robert Jackson, 1984- City of stairs : a novel / Robert Jackson Bennett. First edition. New York : Broadway Books, [2014] 452 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The 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."-- From back cover. 20141022. Murder Investigation Fiction. Spy stories. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. Mystery fiction. TXKIP