{"product_id":"the-city-of-the-wise","title":"The City of the Wise","description":"\u003cb\u003eOriginal, wildly imaginative, and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe City of the Wise\u003c\/i\u003e from J.T. Greathouse is an epic fantasy adventure with a masterful blend of magic and mystery, as a lone Acolyte races to uncover a murderer in an immortal city. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA CITY WITHOUT DEATH. AN IMPOSSIBLE MURDER. A KILLER WHO PLANS TO STRIKE AGAIN.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the City of the Wise, where souls are safeguarded by birds and bodies can be remade, mortality is a forgotten concept. For Marin, a young Acolyte of the Library, her quiet, endless life in the city is all she's ever known.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Marin's world is soon upended when she witnesses the impossible. An artist is murdered, their death final. It's a shocking crime, one that goes against everything she believed to be true about her city.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA long-vanished scholar claims responsibility, declaring that immortality has turned the city stagnant - and he intends to end it. Now, it falls to Marin and her formidable research advisor  to find and stop a killer . . . before he strikes again.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the same universe as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tower of the Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, this new magic-filled fantasy from J.T. Greathouse is perfect for fans of classic fantasy series like The Wheel of Time and The Witcher, with the feeling of modern epics like \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGodkiller \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Hannah Kaner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tainted Cup \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Robert Jackson Bennett.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for J.T. Greathouse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The model of 21st century sword and sorcery' RICHARD SWAN\u003cbr\u003e'Greathouse is a master' RYAN ROSE\u003cbr\u003e'A storyteller who knows his craft' \u003ci\u003eTHE FANTASY HIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Martin by way of Sapkowski' \u003ci\u003eFANFIADDICT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56414320198011,"sku":"9781399617840","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/products\/the-city-of-the-wise","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}