Diamond City: A Novel

Francesca Flores

St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jan 28, 2020 - Young Adult Fiction - 400 pages

"A thrilling adventure, through a vibrant city as alive as any character, about a girl willing to do anything to better her circumstances. " – Emily A. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints

Good things don't happen to girls who come from nothing...unless they risk everything.

Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten.

Her boss is brutal and cold, with a questionable sense of morality, but he provides a place for people with nowhere else to go. And makes sure they stay there.

DIAMOND CITY: built by magic, ruled by tyrants, and in desperate need of saving. It is a world full of dark forces and hidden agendas, old rivalries and lethal new enemies.

To claim a future for herself in a world that doesn't want her to survive, Aina will have to win a game of murder and conspiracy—and risk losing everything.

Full of action, romance and dark magic, book one of debut author Francesca Flores' breathtaking fantasy duology will leave readers eager for more!

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LibraryThing Review

User Review  - sennebec - LibraryThing

We've all heard the adage 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.' After reading the author's notes at the beginning and then reading the story that follows, it's clear that this book is Francesca ...

Diamond City

User Review  - Publishers Weekly

Flores’s fantasy debut follows Aina Solís, whose parents were executed for practicing diamond-channeled blood magic in the wake of Sumerand’s industrial revolution. Aina spent years on the city of ...

About the author

Francesca Flores is a writer, traveler and linguist. Raised in Pittsburgh, she read every fantasy book she could get her hands on and started writing her own stories at a young age. She began writing Diamond City while working as a corporate travel manager. When she's not writing or reading, Francesca enjoys traveling, dancing ballet and jazz, practicing trapeze and contortion, and visiting parks and trails around San Francisco, where she currently resides.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Diamond City: A Novel; Volume 1 of City of Steel and Diamond
• Author: Francesca Flores
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2020
• ISBN: 1250220467, 9781250220462
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy; Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Young Adult Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural