Ruin of Angels

<p><strong>Max Gladstone returns with <em>The Ruin of Angels</em> the sixth novel in the Hugo-nominated Craft Sequence which <em>The Washington Post</em> calls "the best kind of urban fantasy" and <em>NPR</em> calls "sharp original and passionate"</strong></p><p>The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later Agdel Lex rises in its place. Dead deities litter the surrounding desert streets shift when people aren't looking a squidlike tower dominates the skyline and the foreign Iskari Rectification Authority keeps strict order in this once-independent city--while treasure seekers criminals combat librarians nightmare artists angels demons dispossessed knights grad students and other fools gather in its ever-changing alleys hungry for the next big score.</p><p>Priestess/investment banker Kai Pohala (last seen in <em>Full Fathom Five</em>) hits town to corner Agdel Lex's burgeoning nightmare startup scene and to visit her estranged sister Lei. But Kai finds Lei desperate at the center of a shadowy and rapidly unravelling business deal. When Lei ends up on the run wanted for a crime she most definitely committed Kai races to track her sister down before the Authority finds her first. But Lei has her own plans involving her ex-girlfriend a daring heist into the god-haunted desert and perhaps freedom for an occupied city. Because Alikand might not be completely dead--and some people want to finish the job.</p>