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For fans (like me!) of Bridge of Birds and Sherlock Holmes! We are presented with a world that seems at once Roman, Asian, and very unique. Air conditioning is provided by giant mushrooms in the corners of your house. The empire is rigidly divided, both the people and the geography, and the closer you are to the center the more important you are-- and the further you are from the GIANT SEA MONSTERS. Oh yes, there's giant sea monsters! Also: a REALLY trippy series of murders, and so enters our quirky investigator and her nervous and precious new assistant, to solve all the crime and also try not to either get murdered or eaten by GIANT SEA MONSTERS.


*I'm not rating books read for the World Fantasy Award.*