Whispering Nickel Idols - Glen Cook

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The city of TunFaire is situated on a river. With all the necessary docks and port facilities for trade. The upper city is described as The Hill. This is the preserve of the upper class. Well to do merchants, The magic users (who have the money to buy the silver that powers magic). This is a clean peaceful area. The private armies keep it so. There is the street of the Gods, where all the major religions and cults have a temple. You're nobody unless ...
...Garrett knows to his regret that ALL the gods are real, just not very nice. Then there are the other areas. Places where the ordinary citizens try to live and work. Areas where the other races tend to congregate. Such as Dwarves, Elves, Trolls etc. There are of course the half breeds, quarter breeds and persons with lesser amounts of non human blood in them. Some of these races were created by the magicians of old. The others came about because ... Read review