{"product_id":"9781835411445-city-of-all-seasons","title":"City of All Seasons","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds – the resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of \u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds – the resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of \u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully strange and unique fable.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Aliya Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A unique and memorable work.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An elegantly told meditation on how we can’t leave ourselves behind.\"\u003cbr\u003eEsquire's 30 best SF Books of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Jamie Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Esther Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinter and Summer alike, have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive powers, that have taken control after the cataclysm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut both Fairharbours were once a single, united city. And in certain places, at certain times, one side can catch a glimpse of the other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide, they set out to solve the mystery of what split their city in two, and what, if anything, might repair their fractured worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41672188919905,"sku":"9781835411445","price":7.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36481973.jpg?v=1760193202","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781835411445-city-of-all-seasons","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}