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Daniel Polansky

    Daniel Polansky crafts stories steeped in gritty atmosphere and moral complexity. His narratives delve into the darker aspects of human nature, often set against evocative backdrops that amplify the psychological tension. Polansky's distinctive voice lies in his ability to blend hard-edged storytelling with profound character insights. Readers seeking immersive tales that challenge perceptions will find his work compelling.

    Daniel Polansky
    Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure
    The Builders
    March's End
    Tomorrow, the Killing
    Those Below
    She Who Waits
    • The third novel in Daniel Polansky's brilliant dark fantasy Low Town series.

      She Who Waits
    • Those Below

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.0(17)Add rating

      The extraordinary conclusion to The Empty Throne series, by the award-winning author of the Low Town novels.

      Those Below
    • TOMORROW, THE KILLING is Daniel Polansky's astonishing return to Low Town, the fantasy ghetto he created in THE STRAIGHT RAZOR CURE.

      Tomorrow, the Killing
    • March's End is a multi-generational portal fantasy of strange magics, epic warfare, and deadly intrigue, in which the personality conflicts and toxic struggles of the Harrow family are reflected in the fantasy world they've sworn to protect.

      March's End
    • The Builders

      • 219 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.9(242)Add rating

      The Magnificent Seven meets The Wind in the Willows in this action-packed fantasy adventure from Daniel Polansky, The Builders. A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score. PRAISE FOR THE BUILDERS "A living, breathing world of vivid, winsome characters hellbent on their blaze of glory and as unforgiving as a runaway train carrying all your friends over a cliff. I haven't cared about animals this much since Watership Down." — Delilah S. Dawson, author of Hit and Wicked as They Come "Nobody does dark like Polansky. The Builders is Redwall meets Unforgiven, combining the endearing wit of Disney's Robin Hood with all the grit and violence of a spaghetti western." — Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series

      The Builders
    • Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(272)Add rating

      Here, the criminal is king. The streets are filled with the screeching of fish hags, the cries of swindled merchants, the inviting murmurs of working girls. Here, people can disappear, and the lacklustre efforts of the guard ensure they are never found. Warden is an ex-soldier who has seen the worst men have to offer; now a narcotics dealer with a rich, bloody past and a way of inviting danger. You'd struggle to find someone with a soul as dark and troubled as his. But then a missing child, murdered and horribly mutilated, is discovered in an alley. And then another. With a mind as sharp as a blade and an old but powerful friend in the city, he's the only man with a hope of finding the killer. If the killer doesn't find him first. WINNER OF THE PRIX IMAGINALES AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN NOVEL IN 2012.

      Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure
    • The incredible new fantasy from Daniel Polansky, for fans of Jim Butcher, Ben Aaronovitch and Lauren Beukes.

      A City Dreaming
    • The Seventh Perfection

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.6(574)Add rating

      Hugo Award finalist Daniel Polansky crafts an innovative, mind-bending fantasy mystery in The Seventh Perfection When a woman with perfect memory sets out to solve a riddle, the threads she tugs on could bring a whole city crashing down. The God-King who made her is at risk, and his other servants will do anything to stop her. To become the God-King's Amanuensis, Manet had to master all seven perfections, developing her body and mind to the peak of human performance. She remembers everything that has happened to her, in absolute clarity, a gift that will surely drive her mad. But before she goes, Manet must unravel a secret which threatens not only the carefully prepared myths of the God-King's ascent, but her own identity and the nature of truth itself.

      The Seventh Perfection
    • From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manhattan.

      Tomorrow's Children