The Song of the Dead

Authors: Patel, Carrie
Publisher: Watkins Media
BISAC/Subject: FIC022040, FIC009020, FIC009060
ISBN: 9780857666109, Related ISBNs: 0857666088, 085766610X, 9780857666086, 9780857666109
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 400,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Finally, the lost histories of the Catastrophe will be revealed and with them the ultimate fate of the buried city of Recoletta in thedramatic conclusion to Carrie Patel’s trilogy.

With Ruthers dead and the Library Accord signed by Recoletta, its neighbours, and its farming communes, Inspector Malone and laundress Jane Lin are in limbo as the city leaders around them vie for power.

A desperate attempt to save Arnault from execution leads to Malone’s arrest and Jane’s escape. They must pursue each other across the sea to discover a civilization that has held together over the centuries. There they will finally learn the truths about the Catastrophe that drove their own civilization underground.

File Under:
Fantasy [ Day of Execution | Sky High | We are the Dead | Nature of the Catastrophe ]
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