The Shuddering City

by Sharon Shinn

Overview

​In the city of Corcannon, everyone has a secret.

Madeleine is planning her wedding to Tivol, but she's really in love with Reese.

Jayla has become the guardian of a child named Aussen, but she knows that Aussen possesses a mysterious and dangerous power.

Brandon is a temple soldier keeping the enigmatic Villette a prisoner in her own home, but finds himself risking everything to keep her safe.

Pietro is pretending he's surprised every time the city is wracked by tremors, but he'll do anything to stop the devastation.

Even Corcannon itself has a secret. It's built on a lie, and that lie is about to come tumbling down.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781958880005
Publisher:	Fairwood Press LLC
Publication date:	11/22/2022
Pages:	358
Sales rank:	260,564
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sharon Shinn is the bestselling author of the Elemental Blessings novels, as well as the Shifting Circle novels. Her first novel, The Shape-Changer's Wife, was a nominee for Locus's Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995. She has won the William L. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has also received an RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award and won RT Book Review's 2010 Career Achievement Award in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.

Leanne Woodward has always wondered what was happening elsewhere. In someone else's story, in some other universe. Now she spends her days immersed in fantastical, dark, and thrilling tales. She's been behind the microphone for more than thirty years, working in radio as well as on commercial voice-over projects. Her theater and improv experience bring risk-taking, emotion, and depth to her performances. She loves learning accents and languages-currently, French! When not narrating, Leanne explores the "real" world with hikes into the wild and dangerous culinary experiments.

Editorial Reviews

09/12/2022

The world is coming apart at the seams in this impressive fantasy from Shinn (Mystic and Rider). Once separate, the lands of the continent were bound together by the god Cordelan, so that the bounties of each would benefit the others. United, they have flourished—but they hold a dark secret. As earthquakes rock the city of Corcannon, the lives of several characters collide. Wandering Pietro, a former priest, witnesses young Aussen perform a small act of magic and hires Jayla, a mercenary, to protect the child. It’s not Jayla’s only job: she’s also working as a bodyguard for Madeleine Alayne, who’s had multiple attempts on her life. Their stories wind around one another: Jayla works to find Aussen’s mother, protects Madeleine, and learns about the city from her friend, Cody; Pietro, who knows more about the city than any of the others guess, embarks on his own quest to alter mechanisms that have been in motion since the continent was created. Throughout, Shinn balances vivid worldbuilding, captivating characters, and a fascinating mystery. Readers won’t want to put this down. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly