5/15/2023 0 Comments She Who Waits by Daniel PolanskyAs a former agent with Black House-the secret police-he knows better than anyone that murder in Low Town is an everyday thing, the kind of crime that doesn’t get investigated. setting him on a collision course with the life he left behind. The Warden’s life of drugged iniquity is shaken by his discovery of a murdered child down a dead-end street. Every day is a constant hustle to find new customers and protect his turf from low-life competition like Tancred the Harelip and Ling Chi, the enigmatic crime lord of the heathens. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. Review"Polansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel, a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime.Sharp, noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark Polansky as a writer with a future." - _Publishers Weekly "_A strong debut novel with a hero who doesn’t waste time worrying about the moral implications of cutting someone’s throat." - KirkusProduct DescriptionDrug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops.
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