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“I don't think we can build much of a future without knowing the truth of the past. It's time to be honest about what the world really was, and what it is now.” – Ashara Komayd, City of Stairs This epic fantasy trilogy deals with themes of social/political/economic divides, the legacy of colonial oppression, and a more realistic view of how individual people can create meaningful social change during their lifetime. There are gods and miracles and gutsy people with meaningful goals and the willingness to sacrifice and endure anything for the causes and the people most important to them. The Basics: For hundreds of years, the people of the Continent were ruled by six gods, Divinities so powerful they could rewrite reality just by thinking. Capricious, terrifying, and often brutal in enacting their whims or passing judgment on the world, the Divinities combined their power to create the city of Bulikov, the gem of the Continent. But then a citizen of the enslaved i