WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD PAPERBACK REISSUE WITH NEW COVER ART '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.
