A Stranger in the Citadel -- Tobias Buckell, Paperback

From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands), a complex novel of humanity's passion for the written word. At the revolutionary crossroads of magic, betrayal, and long-forgotten truths, a naïve, compassionate royal and a determined, hunted librarian discover a dangerous world of mortal and ancient menaces.

"With A Stranger In The Citadel, Tobias Buckell writes to the moment we live in, with a clarity and urgency that only fable can provide. Read it."
--John Scalzi, author of The Kaiju Preservation Society

The life of the youngest musketress of Ninetha has been one of hard training. But Lilith's days have also contained many pleasures, the royal privileges of her family's guardianship of the Cornucopia, a mystical source of limitless bounty. Lilith has never seen a book, and she never expects to encounter one within the safety of the citadel.

When Ishmael, an outcast librarian, shows up outside the Afriq Gate, Lilith saves him from immediate execution by her father's second-in-command, the zealot Kira. As Lilith's curiosity draws her to Ishmael, she lets slip her family's most dangerous secret, sparking a deadly rebellion and an unexpected journey full of stunning revelations.

Author: Tobias Buckell
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781616963989

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 67
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2023

About the Author
Called "violent, poetic and compulsively readable" by Maclean's, science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer and World Fantasy Award winner. He was born in the Caribbean, grew up in Grenada, and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands. His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other standalone novels and his almost one hundred stories, Buckell's works have been translated into twenty different languages. He has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. Buckell currently lives in Bluffton, Ohio with his wife and two daughters, where he teaches Creative Writing at Bluffton University. He's online at http: //www.TobiasBuckell.com and is also an instructor at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program.