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jaceyA gritty, smelly, enthralling original which races around a hidden version of London introducing an assortment of bizarre nonhuman characters here in a supporting role from the pavement priests (living statues entombed in marble) and the street-lamp dancers (the orange and the white forever rivals), to the nursemaid/teacher composed entirely of rubbish, rats and maggots. And then there's the villainous Reach – the Crane King, his ever growing menace lurking in his enclave at St Paul's.
A book of monsters, street-magic and miracles, where wild train spirits menace unlucky pedestrians and a tarmac-grey boy, Filius Viae, feral crown-prince of this London, is all that stands between Reach and the memory of his long-absent mother, London's goddess, Mater Viae.
Wildcat graffiti artist, Beth Bradley, betrayed by her best friend, Pen, after an incident at school and let down by her severely depressed widowed father, goes on the run, befriends a feral ghost train and meets the City's Son, Filius with whom she has more in common that with her own family and friends. But Fil has a problem. His goddess mother hasn't been seen since he was born and without her influence to keep Reach in his place the Crane King is expanding his territory and on the hunt for Filius.
Beth throws in her lot with Fil, but things get a lot more complicated when Pen and Beth's dad get involved as well.
A book of monsters, street-magic and miracles, where wild train spirits menace unlucky pedestrians and a tarmac-grey boy, Filius Viae, feral crown-prince of this London, is all that stands between Reach and the memory of his long-absent mother, London's goddess, Mater Viae.
Wildcat graffiti artist, Beth Bradley, betrayed by her best friend, Pen, after an incident at school and let down by her severely depressed widowed father, goes on the run, befriends a feral ghost train and meets the City's Son, Filius with whom she has more in common that with her own family and friends. But Fil has a problem. His goddess mother hasn't been seen since he was born and without her influence to keep Reach in his place the Crane King is expanding his territory and on the hunt for Filius.
Beth throws in her lot with Fil, but things get a lot more complicated when Pen and Beth's dad get involved as well.
