Dance of Knives

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Compton Crook Award nominee 2002.

Vancouver in the 22nd century is a vibrant seaport despite the global economic collapse and massive sea level rise that have transformed the Pacific Northwest. The city is divided between its prospering Guild citizens and the starving descendents of American refugees. New to Vancouver, young Klale Renhardt, once a member of the powerful Fishers Guild, has already made too many enemies on the half-drowned, ungoverned island of Downtown. Even working at the famous and well-connected KlonDyke nightclub isnt enough protection. Klale is a target, and the only people who might be able to help her are Blade, the apparently mindless slave of Downtowns most feared blackmailer, and Toni, the KlonDykes beautiful bartender, whose tough image conceals secrets not even her lovers may know.