WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD'An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong
gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget
you're reading a book' KEN LIU'Gripping!' ANN LECKIE author of Ancillary Justice and The Raven
Tower'Lee's astute worldbuilding raises the stakes for her vivid and tautly-described action
scenes' SCOTT LYNCH author of The Lies of Locke Lamora*****Shortlisted for the Nebula Awards
the Locus Awards the Aurora Awards the Sunburst Awards and an Amazon.com Best Book of the
Month*****TWO CRIME FAMILIES ONE SOURCE OF POWER: JADE. Jade is the lifeblood of the city of
Janloon - a stone that enhances a warrior's natural strength and speed. Jade is mined traded
stolen and killed for controlled by the ruthless No Peak and Mountain families. When a modern
drug emerges that allows anyone - even foreigners - to wield jade simmering tension between
the two families erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the
fate of all in the families from their grandest patriarch to even the lowliest runner on the
streets. Jade City is an epic tale of blood family honour and of those who live and die by
ancient laws in a changing world.
