This debut work of sociological science fiction follows a deadly battle for succession, where brother is pitted against brother in a singular chance to win power and influence for their family.The cavern city of Pelismara has stood for a thousand years. The Great Families of the nobility cling to the myths of their golden age while the city's technology wanes.When a fever strikes, and the Eminence dies, seventeen-year-old Tagaret is pushed to represent his ...

The second book of The Broken Trust continues an epic struggle for power, kindled in the hearts of two brothers, as it spreads to crack the foundations of their underground society.To marry into the most powerful family in Varin is to step into a trap. Della has spent thirteen years under the scrutiny of Pelismara's political elites, supporting Tagaret in a dangerous pretense as his brother Nekantor's closest ally. In secret, however, they've planned to escape, and...

The third book of The Broken Trust continues an epic struggle for power, kindled in the hearts of two brothers, as it spreads to crack the foundations of their underground society.Many years have passed since the Eminence Nekantor and Heir Adon seized power, and life in Pelismara has found a fragile equilibrium under Nekantor’s thumb. Now the Imbati Service Academy suspects that Xinta, Manservant to the Eminence, may have taken control of Nekantor for his own sinis...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our March 2018 issue (#138) contains:Original fiction by Kij Johnson ("Tool-Using Mimics"), Juliette Wade ("The Persistence of Blood"), Izzy Wasserstein ("Unplaces: An Atlas of Non-existence"), Xiu Xinyu ("Farewell, Adam"), and E. Lily Yu ("The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farth...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our April 2017 issue (#127) contains:Original stories by Robert Brice ("Conglomerate"), Bogi Takacs ("Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus"), Vajra Chandrasekera ("Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems"), Juliette Wade ...