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A vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds – the resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of Every Heart a Doorway and This is How You Lose the Time War.
Welcome to Jamie Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions.
Welcome to Esther Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence.
Winter and Summer alike, have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive powers, that have taken control after the cataclysm.
But both Fairharbours were once a single, united city. And in certain places, at certain times, one side can catch a glimpse of the other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide, they set out to solve the mystery of what split their city in two, and what, if anything, might repair their fractured worlds.
City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead & Aliya Whiteley
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781835411445
Imprint: Titan Books
Deeply different, strange and fascinating - a study of hope against all odds of environment or society.
--Adrian TchaikovskyA moving ode to the power of creativity, and its ability to connect us as humans across space and time. It's also a cleverly-painted portrait of a family whose creations divide as well as unite. Rich and imaginative, this novel brings together two of the best voices in modern speculative fiction. I loved it.
--Lucy HollandAn excellent read. A strange and atmospheric tale that immerses you so thoroughly you wake up in a different world altogether.
--T. L. HuchuVividly hopeful while set within a frighteningly real post-apocalyptic world, CITY OF ALL SEASONS is a poignant, heartrending, and haunting read of a family's love and trauma, coloured with a mysterious enduring magic. This is a deeply humane work, a reminder of community and societal repair, that stayed with me long after I put it down.
--Kritika H. Rao, author of THE SURVIVING SKY and THE LEGEND OF MENEKA