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Book

City of others

Call Number

  • FANTASY POON (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Orbit, 2026.

Physical Description

361 pages ; 21 cm.

Summary

"In the sunny city of Singapore, the government takes care of everything-even the weird stuff. Benjamin Toh is a middle manager in the Department for Engagement of Unusual Stakeholders (DEUS), and his job is straightforward: keep the supernatural inhabitants of Singapore happy and keep them out of sight. That is, don't bother the good, normal citizens, and certainly don't bother the bosses. Sure, he's overworked and understaffed, but usually, people (and senior management) don't see what they don't want to see. But when an entire housing estate glitches out of existence on what was meant to be a routine check-in, Ben has to scramble to keep things under control and stop the rest of the city from disappearing. He may not have the budget or the bandwidth, but he has the best-if highly irregular and supernaturally inclined-team to help him. Together, they'll traverse secret shadow markets, scale skyscrapers, and maybe even go to the stars, all so they can just do their goddamn job"-- Provided by publisher.

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