City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett is $4.99 at
Amazon and Kobo. (Not price-matched at B&N yet.)
Quote:
The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions—until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world's new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself—first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it—stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy.
Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem—and that Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.
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$4.99 isn't the most bargain of prices, but it is 50% off the usual cost, and I liked the book, which I bought at full price a couple days ago, a lot. I did return and re-purchase it to get the better deal, but it's good enough that I wouldn't have regretted it if that hadn't been possible.