Symir--the Drowning City. Home to exiles and expatriates, pirates andsmugglers. And violent revolutionaries who'll stop at nothing tooverthrow the corrupt Imperial government. For Isyllt Iskaldur,necromancer and spy, the brewing revolution is a chance to proveherself to her Crown. All she has to do is find and finance therevolutionaries, and help topple the palaces of Symir. But the longershe stays in the monsoon-drenched city the more intrigue she uncovers,and the more her loyalties are strained. And as the waters rise anddams crack, everything she's worked for may still be swept away."If you read only one first novel this year, read this one." -Elizabeth Bear, Hugo Award-winning author of Ink and Steel and Helland Earth"Downum effectively combines action, magic, police procedure andpolitical intrigue in this complex and striking debut." - PublishersWeeklyAmanda Downum was born in Virginia, and has since then spent time inIndonesia, Micronesia, Missouri, and Arizona. Eighteen years ago shewas sucked into the gravity well of Texas, and hasn't managed toescape. Yet. She currently lives near Austin, in a house with a spookyattic, and works at a bookstore in addition to writing andcat-herding. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons,Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales. The Drowning City is her firstpublished novel.