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String City

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Pub Date 5 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 14 Mar 2019


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Description

China Mieville meets Dashiell Hammett in this incredible interdimensional thriller! 

The universe is made of string. When the knots tighten, the Cosmos quakes. 

It's a tough job being a gumshoe in an inter-dimensional city full of gods, living concepts and weirder things. Good thing I'm a stringwalker, able to jump between realities. 

It started when I was hired to investigate an explosion at a casino. A simple heist, I thought, but it turned into a race to stop the apocalypse. So I rolled the dice, and now I'm up against the ancient Greek Titans, an interdimensional spider god and a mysterious creature known as the Fool. 

I'm going to need more than just luck to solve this one. If I fail, all things—in all realities—could be destroyed. 

Just another day in String City. 

China Mieville meets Dashiell Hammett in this incredible interdimensional thriller! 

The universe is made of string. When the knots tighten, the Cosmos quakes. 

It's a tough job being a gumshoe in an...


Advance Praise

"String city is balls to the wall insanity...it is so crazy that it should not work. But it does." ~ Robert Goodman

"I LOVE the world-building for this book...the sheer scope of ambition is impressive." ~ Sunyi Dean 

"...engaging and fascinating," ~ Anna Maria Giacomasso


"String city is balls to the wall insanity...it is so crazy that it should not work. But it does." ~ Robert Goodman

"I LOVE the world-building for this book...the sheer scope of ambition is...


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ISBN 9781781085677
PRICE US$11.99 (USD)
PAGES 320

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