The City Trilogy - Hell’s Horizon (The City Trilogy, Book 2)
The second volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children’s author.
In the City, The Cardinal rules, and Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is seconded from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder, an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction, where his loyalties and beliefs will be severely tested.
Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead, the City’s Incan forefathers, the imposing figure of the Cardinal, and the near-mythical assassin, Paucar Wami.
Wami is a law unto himself, a shadowy, enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. And Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined…
”'Thrilling, chilling and a great read.” - Sun
”'Plenty of twists and thrills … Shan is adept at grabbing the attention with bursts of shocking violence” - SFX
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”'A beguiling read … a fantastic revelation at the end” - SFX
”'Explicit, brutal fantasy … the narrative voice is engagingly cocky and the action races along” - The Times