The City (78 page)

My grateful thanks to James Barclay and Howard Morhaim.

Stella Gemmell
has a degree in politics and is a journalist. She was married to the internationally acclaimed and bestselling fantasy novelist David Gemmell and worked with him on his three ‘Troy’ novels, completing the final book,
Troy: Fall of Kings
, following his death in 2006. She lives and writes in an old Sussex rectory.
The City
is her first solo novel.

Also by Stella Gemmell

with David Gemmell

TROY: FALL OF KINGS

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THE CITY
A BANTAM PRESS BOOK: 9780593070987
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