num_pages: 209
description: The Secret City is a proud enclave carved in stone. Hidden high in a mountain range, it is a worn citadel protecting a lost culture. It harbors a handful of aliens stranded on Earth, waiting for rescue and running out of time. Over years of increasing poverty, an exodus to the human world has become their only chance for survival. The aliens are gradually assimilating not as a discrete culture but as a source of cheap labor.But the sudden arrival of ill-prepared rescuers will touch off divided loyalties, violent displacement, and star-crossed love. As unlikely human allies are pitted against xenophobic aliens, the stage is set for a final standoff at the Secret City.
language: English
title: The Secret City
titlecomplete: The Secret City
genres: Aliens, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 153
publisher: Tachyon Publications