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The city in the middle of the night / Charlie Jane Anders.

ISBN: 9780765379962
ISBN: 0765379961
Physical Description: 366 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Tor, 2019.

Summary:

""If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams . . . And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." The bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky returns with a strange, haunting, and deeply human tale. Sophie serves coffee at an underground cafe. She stays in the shadows and listens to the troubles of the parlor guests, but does not draw attention to herself for one simple reason: Sophie is supposed to be dead. When a nationalistic revolution forces Sophie from her safe haven, she must make a dangerous journey to a new city, one that revels in hedonism and chaos. After joining up with a band of smugglers, she finds herself on a long and treacherous path that will lead her far closer to the truth of her entire world---and to the dangers that lurk even in the light of day" -- Provided by publisher.

January is a dying planet, where humanity clings to life in two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. Sophie serves coffee at an underground cafe, staying in the shadows and listening. She does not draw attention to herself for one simple reason: Sophie is supposed to be dead. When a nationalistic revolution forces Sophie from her safe haven, she must make a dangerous journey to a new city, one that revels in hedonism and chaos. After joining up with a band of smugglers, she finds herself close to the truth of her entire world-- and to the dangers that lurk even in the light of day. -- adapted from jacket.