by
orion
Book: , Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
A story about the dark corners of Paradise and the bright spots in Hell.
About gods. Ghosts. Statues. And a City.
This City's godly beauty gives people remarkable powers-- when it doesn't drive them mad. Emily is one of those blessed by the City, given such a deep internal compass that she can never get lost. Police Chief Michael Salmon, on the other hand, is one of the cursed few whose sense of direction is at the mercy of the City's every whim.
Michael needs a living map. Emily needs to escape her mother, because to her mother she is nothing more than a doll and Emily is too real and too alive to play pretty porcelain for long.
Emily-the-doll is going to get up and walk-- and maybe more. Emily-the-doll just might unearth the City's secret, that dark answer it's hiding to "Why does it hurt to be ordinary?" and "Where is the Army of East?" To "What happened three years ago?" and "Why is Chief Michael permanently lost?"
She might learn the answer--- but will she survive?
