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The City of Shadows

Published by YourAIBooks

Who has the right to your light?

Genre
Fantasy
Language
English
chapters
26
Reading time
1h 44m

Synopsis

In Vareth, people sell their shadows to survive, losing the ability to dream. When a shadow saves seventeen lives by refusing an order, artisan Mara Ven discovers that shadows possess minds of their own. Yet their struggle for freedom threatens the very bridges that keep the city standing.

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Contents

  1. 1. The Four Hundred and Tenth StepFree
  2. 2. The Word on the Brass FrameFree
  3. 3. The Night's AccountsFree
  4. 4. The Engineer Who Measured AgainFree
  5. 5. The Market in Second HandsFree
  6. 6. Grammar on the WallFree
  7. 7. Three Minutes Without LightFree
  8. 8. A Dead Man's SignatureFree
  9. 9. The First Way of LightFree
  10. 10. The Debt Passed From Hand to HandFree
  11. 11. The Waters Beneath the FoundationsFree
  12. 12. The One Who Chose Her NameFree

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