Symir--the Drowning City. Home to exiles and expatriates, pirates and smugglers. And violent revolutionaries who'll stop at nothing to overthrow the corrupt Imperial government. For Isyllt Iskaldur, necromancer and spy, the brewing revolution is a chance to prove herself to her Crown. All she has to do is find and finance the revolutionaries, and help topple the palaces of Symir. But the longer she stays in the monsoon-drenched city the more intrigue she uncovers, and the more her loyalties are strained. And as the waters rise and dams 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 Hell and Earth
"Downum effectively combines action, magic, police procedure and political intrigue in this complex and striking debut." - Publishers Weekly
Amanda Downum was born in Virginia, and has since then spent time in Indonesia, Micronesia, Missouri, and Arizona. Eighteen years ago she was sucked into the gravity well of Texas, and hasn't managed to escape. Yet. She currently lives near Austin, in a house with a spooky attic, and works at a bookstore in addition to writing and cat-herding. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales. The Drowning City is her first published novel.
