City of Stairs

An impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air - abducted from his quarters in a building whose entrances and exits are all sealed.The brilliant and mercurial investigator, Ana Dolabra, and her assistant Dinios Kol have been called in to crack the case.Before long, Ana discovers that they're actually investigating a murder. Worse, the adversary seems to be able to pass through warded doors like a ghost, and can predict every one of Ana's moves as though they can see the future.Ana's solved impossible cases before. But this time, with the stakes higher than ever and the investigators seemingly a step behind their adversary at every turn, has Ana finally met an enemy she can't defeat? (lib)

Ein Mensch, der die Magie entschlüsselt.Ein Magier, der die Welt erschüttert.Ein Meister, der den Tod besiegt.Die Diebin Sancia Grado und ihre Verbündeten haben ein eigenes Handelshaus gegründet. Das war ihre einzige Möglichkeit, nicht durch die mächtigen Familien von Tevanne einfach zu Verbrechern erklärt zu werden. Nun müssen sie sich gegen die etablierten Familien durchsetzen. Doch deren Rache ist nicht ihr größtes Problem. Der vielleicht mächtigste Magier der Vergangenheit ist ins Leben zurückgekehrt und will nun die Realität nach seinen Wünschen neu formen. Sancia und ihre Freunde benötigen dringend Unterstützung, wenn sie ihre Heimat retten wollen. Aber der magische Schlüssel Clef, einst ihr bester Berater, schweigt - und der Preis für andere Hilfe könnte noch höher sein, als wenn Sancia den Meistermagier einfach gewähren ließe ...Die Trilogie Der Schlüssel der Magie:1. Die Diebin2. Der Meister >

Das Finale der großen High-Fantasy-Trilogie um die raffinierte Diebin Sancia und ihren sprechenden Schlüssel Clef.Es ist ein Krieg der Götter in der Welt der Sterblichen! Die ehemalige Diebin Sancia Grado und ihre Gefährten hatten versucht, den übermächtigen Magier der alten Zeit mit einem ebenso alten magischen Konstrukt zu besiegen. Das ging schief. Nun kämpfen der Magier und die künstliche magische Wesenheit um die Vorherrschaft über die Realität. Dabei ist ihnen das Schicksal der Menschen, die unter den Auswirkungen der Schlacht leiden, ziemlich egal. Sancia und ihre Freunde versuchen nun, die schlimmsten Kollateralschäden abzuwenden. Zum Glück erwacht der magische Schlüssel Clef aus seinem langen Schlaf - und er hat einen Plan ...Die Trilogie Der Schlüssel der Magie bei Blanvalet: 1. Die Diebin2. Der Meister >

'Part Sherlock Holmes murder mystery, part Through the Looking-Glass, The Tainted Cup is one of the wildest, most original stories' WESLEY CHUAn eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining of the classic crime novel - from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy.A peculiar crime. A brilliant investigator. A mystery of epic proportions. In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead - killed when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even here, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it's a death at once terrifying and impossible.Called in to solve the crime is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricity. At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol, an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory.Soon, the mystery leads to a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself. For Ana, all this makes for a deliciously thorny puzzle - at last, something to truly hold her attention. And Din? He'll just have to hold on for the ride. READERS LOVE ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT'This is that rare thing - a book so good that you are bereft when you reach the final page. I loved this and would spend much more time in its world' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Utterly riveting read from beginning to end. Another mind blowing innovative world-build' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I couldn't put this one down and read waaay into the night to discover who did what to whom - and came away with a massive book hangover that had me dreaming of Bennett's world for the rest of the week' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I adored this book! Can't recommend it enough. Murder mystery in a fantasy setting with botanical murder weapons, augmented humans and leviathans threatening to breach city walls! It was such a wonderful, exciting book!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book destroyed those expectations. This was fantastic' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐AUTHORS LOVE ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT 'Engrossing and fascinating' MUR LAFFERTY 'A masterstroke. I want Bennett to write a dozen of these, and send them to me yesterday' MAX GLADSTONE 'Original, imaginative, and suspenseful' MEG GARDINER 'Riveting' AMAL EL-MOHTAR 'If you love unique, genre-bending, boundary-pushing fantasy as much as I do, look no further than Robert Jackson Bennett' FONDA LEE

Eine Diebin, die niemand bemerkt. Ein sprechender Schlüssel, dem kein Schloss widerstehen kann. Eine Macht, die die Welt verändert.Sancia ist eine Diebin - und zwar eine verdammt gute. Daher ist sie im ersten Moment auch begeistert, als sie ihre neueste Beute betrachtet: ein Schlüssel, der jedes Schloss öffnet. Doch dann wird ihr klar, was das bedeutet. Man wird sie jagen! Jedes der mächtigen Handelshäuser wird dieses Artefakt besitzen wollen. Denn die Magie des Schlüssels ist nicht nur alt und mächtig. Die Person, die sie kontrolliert, könnte die Welt verändern. Plötzlich ist Sancia auf der Flucht. Um zu überleben, muss sie nicht nur lernen, die wahre Macht des Artefakts zu beherrschen. Sie muss vor allem alte Feinde zu neuen Verbündeten machen ...Die Trilogie Der Schlüssel der Magie:1. Die Diebin2. Der Meister>

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy.<BR><BR>“An absolutely wild ride . . . Foundryside blew me away, and this is a perfect sequel.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review<BR> <BR>A few years ago, Sancia Grado would’ve happily watched Tevanne burn. Now, she’s hoping to transform her city into something new. Something better. Together with allies Orso, Gregor, and Berenice, she’s about to strike a deadly blow against Tevanne’s cruel robber-baron rulers and wrest power from their hands for the first time in decades.<BR> <BR>But then comes a terrifying warning: Crasedes Magnus himself, the first of the legendary hierophants, is about to be reborn. And if he returns, Tevanne will be just the first place to feel his wrath.<BR> <BR>Thousands of years ago, Crasedes was an ordinary man who did the impossible: Using the magic of scriving—the art of imbuing objects with sentience—he convinced reality that he was something more than human. Wielding powers beyond comprehension, he strode the world like a god for centuries, meting out justice and razing empires single-handedly, cleansing the world through fire and destruction—and even defeating death itself.<BR> <BR>Like it or not, it’s up to Sancia to stop him. But to have a chance in the battle to come, she’ll have to call upon a god of her own—and unlock the door to a scriving technology that could change what it means to be human. And no matter who wins, nothing will ever be the same.<BR> <BR>The awe-inspiring second installment of the Founders Trilogy, Shorefall returns us to the world Robert Jackson Bennett created in his acclaimed Foundryside . . . and forges it anew.

'Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience' - Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism<BR><BR>In the city of stairs, nothing is as it seems.<BR><BR>You've got to be careful when you're chasing a murderer through Bulikov, for the world is not as it should be in that city. When the gods were destroyed and all worship of them banned by the Polis, reality folded; now stairs lead to nowhere, alleyways have become portals to the past, and criminals disappear into thin air.<BR><BR>The murder of Dr Efrem Pangyui, the Polis diplomat researching the Continent's past, has begun something and now whispers of an uprising flutter out from invisible corners.<BR><BR>Only one woman may be willing to pursue the truth - but it is likely to cost her everything.<BR><BR>'Truly refreshing' - New York Times Book Review

In the second adventure in the Shadow of the Leviathan series, the eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup.

Ana and Din are sent to the opposite fringe of the Empire to solve what appears to be a classic locked-room murder mystery. But no case that Special Investigations sends their most special team to is ever that simple. The moment that eccentric senior investigator Ana is on the scene, she knows that the case is about something no one wants to admit..."