City of Stairs

The first book in The Divine Cities Trilogy.

Synopsis
The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions—until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself—first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it—stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy.

Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem—and that Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.[1]

Publishing
Released September 9th 2014.[1]

Chapters
Chapter 1-Someone Even Worse p1

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Chapter 2- We must civilize them p19

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Chapter 3-unmentionables p41

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Chapter 4-Dead Languages p69

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Chapter 5-To do what he does best p88

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Chapter 6-A memory engraved p118

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Chapter 7-Dangerously Honest p145

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Chapter 8- "Untitled" p165

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Chapter 9-What history tells us p181

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Chapter 10-"Untitled" p198

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Chapter 11-Survivors p215

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Chapter 12-Re-creations p240

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Chapter 13-You will know pain p264

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Chapter 14-Salvation p301

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Chapter 15-The divine city p340

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Chapter 16-Family ties p370

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Chapter 17-What is reaped p389

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Chapter 18-What is sown p419

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Source
1-https://www.amazon.ca/City-Stairs-Robert-Jackson-Bennett/dp/080413717X