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Book 1
For nine hundred generations, the city of Deepgate has hung suspended by giant chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss. In the unfathomable darkness below is said to reside the dread god Ulcis, ‘hoarder of souls’, with his army of ghosts. Outside the city extend the barren wastes of Deadsands, inhabited by the enemy Heshette, so that safe access is guaranteed only by a fleet of airships. At the hub of the city itsel
Book 2
Book two of the Deepgate Codex
Order has collapsed in Deepgate. The chained city is now in ruins; the Deadsands beyond are full of fleeing refugees. Driven away by the mob, Rachel Hael leads Dill along a very dangerous route through the wastelands, but what should have been a straightforward flight to Sandport becomes a desperate march for survival.
Book 3
Volume three of the Deepgate Codex
`A theological fantasy with echoes of Gormenghast is both spellbinding and literary.' --Scotland on Sunday 'Fantasy excels at alternative theologies, and Campbell's pantheon is vividly imagined.' --Scotland On Sunday `Comparisons with Mervyn Peake (author of Gormenghast) are certainly justified, but Campbell brings a contemporary twist to a Peake-style gothic world - it's certainly something new, strange and compelli
Pan Macmillan · 2010 · ISBN 9780330444781
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