num_pages: 382
description: Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the north, a loner, a survivor . . . a killer. Raule is a wandering surgeon, a healer who still believes in just--and lost--causes. Bound by a desire to escape the ghosts of the past, together they flee to the teeming city of Ashamoil, where Raule plies her trade among the desperate and destitute, and Gwynn becomes bodyguard and assassin for the household of a corrupt magnate. There, in the saving and taking of lives, they find themselves immersed in a world where art infects life, dream and waking fuse, and splendid and frightening miracles begin to bloom . . .
language: English
title: The Etched City
titlecomplete: The Etched City
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Weird West, Speculative Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, New Weird, Steampunk
ratings_count: 2690
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Spectra