City of Bones

Name: City of Bones
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Martha Wells
ISBN: 9781452686332

Author: Martha Wells

Narrator: Kyle McCarley

Unabridged: 16 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/02/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

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 on the edge of society, trying to stay one step ahead of the Trade Inspectors and to support Sagai's family. When Khat is hired to find relics believed to be part of one of the Ancients' arcane engines, they are both reluctant to become involved. But the request comes from the Warders, powerful mages who serve Charisat's Elector. Khat soon discovers that the deadly politics of Charisat's upper tiers aren't the only danger. The relics the Warders want are the key to an Ancient magic of unknown power, and, as all the inhabitants of Charisat know, no one understands the Ancients' magic.

About Martha Wells

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mayim on September 02, 2017

I struggle to understand why isn't Martha Wells venerated. She should be. She outshines all the Gwynnes and McClellans, Clares and Maases, and other fantasy whatnots like a supernova. Yes. I am going to ram this book down your throats. It is fantasy at its best: I don’t really think that calling City......more

Goodreads review by N.K. on July 25, 2012

I read this book after reading Ms. Wells' more recent Books of the Raksura, and I think that made for an odd reading experience: I couldn't help seeing it as essentially proto-Raksura material. That's not a bad thing, since I loved the Raksura books, and this one has the same kind of clever-yet-hapl......more

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on April 02, 2018

I want to tell you that I have discovered a great new writer of speculative fiction, Martha Wells. However, my GR friend, Carol, would probably loose upon me a storm of well-chosen epithets for doing so. And quite rightly for at least these reasons: 1. Wells has been recognized for her fine writing......more