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City of Blades

The Divine Cities (Book 2)

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What to expect

The city of Voortyashtan was once the home of the goddess of death, war and destruction, but now it's little more than a ruin.

General Turyin Mulaghesh is called out of retirement and sent to this hellish place to find a Saypuri secret agent who's gone AWOL in the middle of a mission.

But the ghosts of past wars have followed her there, and soon she begins to wonder what happened to the souls in the afterlife when the gods were defeated by her people, the Polis. Do the dead sleep soundly in the land of death? Or do they have plans of their own?

(P)2015 WF Howes Ltd

Critics Review

Astonishingly good . . . a deep, powerful novel that's worth reading and rereading
Publishers Weekly, starred review
One of the smartest second world fantasies out there and has some of the most memorable characters in recent memory
Wes Chu, The Chicago Review of Books
Magnificent . . . City of Blades does everything a really good sequel should. If anything, it's a better book than its predecessor
Tor.com
Surpasses its predecessor in almost all aspects . . . loud, bold and uncompromisingly ambitious and I wholeheartedly recommend it even if you haven't read City of Stairs
Upcoming4.me
Does [City of Blades] live up to the Locus, World Fantasy, British Fantasy and GoodReads Choice Awards-nominated City of Stairs? Allow me to answer with an emphatic yes . . . Robert Jackson Bennett is one of the most talented authors writing in SFF today and this is his finest work to date'
Fantasy-Faction
Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience. This is the book that will earn it for him. A story that draws you in, brilliant world building, and oh my God, Sigrud. You guys are going to love Sigrud.
Brent Weeks, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Black Prism on City of Stairs
Building beautifully upon the richly detailed world introduced in the first book of the series, Bennett serves a stew of fantasy and adventure with a healthy dose of humor and a ladle full of violence
Library Journal, starred review
Like the very best speculative fiction, City of Blades immerses readers in a made-up world, only to force us to take a harder look at the real one
Booklist
Richly detailed and expertly plotted. A grand entertainment
Kirkus
City of Blades is bolder and harder hitting in almost every aspect . . . perfection. This one gets a full five stars and my hearty recommendation
Bibliosanctum
City of Blades has really left an impression and however much I try to write I feel like I can't do the book enough justice. It is so much more than just another Fantasy novel with gods, war and mystery
Draumr Kopa
Bennett's most powerful book yet - an examination of deeper issues within an enthralling adventure fantasy tale as sharply crafted as any of the titular blades. 9/10
Sci-fi Bulletin
In a word, City of Blades is perfection.
The Bibliosanctum
A superior work of secondary world epic fantasy . . . I would recommend City of Blades, and its predecessor, to anybody looking for an example of cutting edge, subversive and self-aware epic fantasy . . . I sincerely hope this will be a landmark trilogy that . . . will have a rippling effect on the epic fantasy genre for years to come.
SFFWorld
An outstanding example of fantasy literature
Speculating on SpecFic
City Of Stairs worked, primarily, for one big reason: The world Bennett had created was just awesome. [City of Blades] feels no less rich, no less realised . . . Read this first and then, if you fall just as hard for the world as I have, go back and read Stairs to get your fill of all the strangeness and wonderment
NPR.org
Just as powerful as the first, and even stronger in significant ways . . . among the best novels of 2016
SF Signal
Hooked me from the first chapter and kept me reading at a frantic pace. I can honestly say I enjoyed it even more than the first
The Speculative Herald
Author Robert Jackson Bennett
Narrator Buffy Davis
Series The Divine Cities
Duration 21 hours and 10 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781784294786
Format Audiobook
Publisher Quercus
Genre Fantasy, Science fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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