City Under the Stars

City Under the Stars completes a journey undertaken by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick 25 years ago when they published the novella The City of God. Over two decades later the two realized there was more to the story and began the work of expanding it. Now after Gardner Dozois'' tragic passing the story can be told in full.. God was in his Heaven—which was fifteen miles away due east.. Far in Earth''s future in a post-utopian hell-hole Hanson works ten solid back-breaking hours a day shoveling endless mountains of coal within sight of the iridescent wall that separates what’s left of humanity from their gods. . One day after a tragedy of his own making Hanson leaves the city not knowing what he will do or how he will survive in the wilderness without work. He finds himself drawn to the wall to the elusive promise of God. And when the impossible happens he steps through into the city beyond.. The impossible was only the beginning.. At the Publisher''s request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.