The Golden City
Locus Award nominee 2014.
For two years, Oriana Paredes has been a spy among the social elite of the Golden City, reporting back to her people, the sereia, sea folk banned from the city’s shores...
When her employer and only confidante decides to elope, Oriana agrees to accompany her to Paris. But before they can depart, the two women
are abducted and left to drown. Trapped beneath the waves, Oriana’s
heritage allows her to survive while she is forced to watch her only
friend die.
Vowing vengeance, Oriana crosses paths with
Duilio Ferreira — a police consultant who has been investigating the
disappearance of a string of servants from the city’s wealthiest homes.
Duilio also has a secret: He is a seer and his gifts have led him to
Oriana.
Bound by their secrets, not trusting each other
completely yet having no choice but to work together, Oriana and Duilio
must expose a twisted plot of magic so dark that it could cause the very fabric of history to come undone...
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J. Kathleen Cheney
J. Kathleen Cheney is a former teacher. Her short fiction has been published in such venues as Fantasy Magazine and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella “Iron Shoes” was a Nebula Finalist in 2010.
The Golden City
The Golden City consists of three primary books, and includes two additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
