Book guide
City of Stairs
In a conquered city of dead gods, a murder investigation may resurrect the past.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMythologyFantasyHidden identityFantasyPolitical intrigueEpic FantasyPolitical intrigueThrillerHidden identityThrillerPolitical intrigueThrillerConspiracyMysteryWhodunnitMysterySecret past
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About City of Stairs
Officially, Shara Thivani is a junior diplomat in Bulikov; secretly, she is a master spy sent to solve a killing. As she investigates, the shattered miracles of a once-divine city point to a terrifying possibility: its gods may not be as dead as everyone believes.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Series
The Divine Cities Trilogy · Book 1 of 3
Content warnings
- violence
- death
- torture
- body horror
- racism
- religious bigotry
- colonisation
- war
- murder
- homophobia
- slavery
