Before Martha Wells captured the hearts of readers with her Murderbot series, there was Khat, Sagai, and Elen, and a city risen out of death and decay…
We’re thrilled to share the cover of City of Bones, a reissue of Martha Wells’ classic fantasy—arriving September 5, 2023 from Tordotcom Publishing. This updated and revised edition is the author’s preferred text.
A compelling fantasy adventure from the author of Murderbot.
One part Tomb Raider, one part Dune, all parts classic Martha Wells.The city of Charisat, a tiered monolith of the Ancients’ design, sits on the edge of the vast desert known as the Waste. Khat, a member of a humanoid race created by the Ancients to survive in the Waste, and Sagai, his human partner, are relic dealers working in the bottom tiers of society, trying to stay one step ahead of the Trade Inspectors.
When Khat is hired by the all-powerful Warders to find relics believed to be part of one of the Ancients’ arcane engines, he, and his party, begin unravelling the mysteries of an age-old technology.
This they expected.
They soon find themselves as the last line of defense between the suffering masses of Charisat and a fanatical cult, bent on unleashing an evil upon the city with an undying thirst for bone.
That, they did not expect.
City of Bones is the first in a series of revised Wells backlist reissues to come from Tordotcom Publishing.
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City of Bones
Martha Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction. Her New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards.
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