![]() ![]() He left the Crane and Celia to join the Army, while Celia entered an apprenticeship to develop her magical talents, aiming to succeed the Crane as protector of Low Town.Īs the novel begins, The Warden is drawn into investigating the disappearance of a local girl. Rescued from a life on the streets by The Crane, a powerful mage who used his powers to protect Low Town from a deadly plague, The Warden was raised with Celia, an orphan girl he rescued from rape, who turned out to have a knack for magic. ![]() Low Town follows The Warden- Army vet, former secret policeman and current crime boss in Low Town, a squalid industrial slum reminiscent of Dickensian London. And suffice to say, my excitement was immediately sated by this noir fantasy. ![]() So I’ll be waiting on that one.įortunately he has another trilogy that is “new to me”, so I immediately tracked down his debut, Low Town. Of course he was pimping his new epic fantasy, Those Above, which is not available in the states yet. In a recent Reddit AMA he cited his influences as Gene Wolfe, Jorge Luis Borges and Raymond Chandler, and that pretty much hooked me. ![]() I hadn’t heard of Daniel Polansky until recently, which is a shame. ![]()
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