{"product_id":"2940014491037","title":"City on Fire (Metropolitan 2)","description":"Nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Award, City on Fire returns to the world-city of Metropolitan, a city dominated by plasm, the magical substance capable of both creation and destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her help, Aiah's lover Constantine has established himself in the metropolis of Caraqui, a nation dominated by corrupt officials, gangsters, and the genetically altered known as the \"twisted.\"  Here they hope to create a revolution in the cosmic order--- but first they must fend off treachery, war, and the threat of Taikoen, the \"hanged man,\" a deadly creature that lives within plasm itself.  Aiah must fight not only for her revolution and for her place in the world, but for Constantine's very soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"City on Fire is a splendid, riveting novel in which the most powerful magic is that of a writer directing the twin streams of reason and intuition to produce a dream within the texture of reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e      --- Russell Letson, Locus, April 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"City on Fire, by Walter Jon Williams, is that rarest of entertainments, a sequel that improves on a successful predecessor . . . Mr. Williams' prose is distinguished by a no-nonsense confidence that perfectly matches Constantine's unshakable faith in his own destiny and in his ability to resist the corruption that notoriously comes with power.\"\u003cbr\u003e      ---Gerald Jonas, NY Times Book Review,  Feb 23, 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"City on Fire offers something for just about every kind of reader . . . Williams really gives the reader hours of entertainment with polished style, twisty plots, action and vivid characters.\"\u003cbr\u003e      ---Jeff Watkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Williams [creates] a magnificent world-city, its entire surface urbanized by a multitude of civilizations that draw their very existence from plasm, the mysterious energy contained in all matter . . . Well-drawn, believable characters give emotional force to this fine novel . . . Ultimately, however, it is Williams's complex world-city, more convincing than even Asimov in Foundation, and his endlessly inventive use of plasm that will hold readers' fascinated attention.  \u003cbr\u003e      --- Publishers Weekly, Dec 30, 1996.\/","brand":"World Domination, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147700715760,"sku":"2940014491037","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014491037_p0.jpg?v=1763609707","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014491037","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}