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'I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me...
'Jovan wears two faces. Outwardly, he is the lifelong friend of the Chancellor’s charming, irresponsible heir. He’s quiet. Forgettable even. But in truth he is a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to protect the Chancellor’s family. Then there is his sister, Kalina. She hides her frustrations behind a mask of serenity. While other women of the city holds positions of power and responsibility, her path is full of secrets and lies - some hidden even from her own brother.
'It's when the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army lays siege to the city that the siblings' world begins to truly unravel. Trapped and desperate, they soon discover that the society into which they were born and grew up also possesses two faces - for behind the sophistication and the beauty lies an ugly truth - this is a world built on oppression and treachery ...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] City of Lies
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 113 2018; (p. 52)
— Review of City of Lies 2018 single work novel
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[Review] City of Lies
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 113 2018; (p. 52)
— Review of City of Lies 2018 single work novel
Awards
- 2019 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2019 joint winner Norma K. Hemming Award — Long Work
- 2018 joint winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Novel