A startling characterdriven debut of skilled writing and intelligence Arx City of Broken Minds is a standalone epic of grimdark fantasyIn Arx noone remembers anything Not the Flame Protests Not the Sightless executioner Not even themselvesThe story unwinds through the tales of three young charactersCaelanamp160His memories have been stolen All he has left is instinct and fear Fear of the FogEyes mindless and drooling The emptiness that lies in his future unless he can quiet the nameless voice screaming in his head And he will burn Arx to ashes to avoid itSamanthaamp160an asexual blacksmith and perpetual paternal disappointment knows exactly what shell be remembered for Callisteel A mythic metal that can pierce reality it waits for her beneath the smog that scars the sky black No matter the costRuairiamp160a famer boy with a twisted spine heads to Arx desperate to avoid being pitied On the way he rescues a man with violet eyes His reward is a nightmare of blue fire and blood that pushes him to the edge of what his broken body can take and beyondMindbreakers walk once more in Arx drawn to the spire of unbroken metal that hangs like a blade against the rotten heart of the city Now their master has returned it is only a matter of time before it awakens and slices the connection between reality and memory for good
