Caeli-Amur

1 primary work • 2 total works

The Stars Askew

by Rjurik Davidson

Published 24 March 2016

Caeli-Amur has begun a new age. The House system has been overthrown and the citizens are in power. But not all is well. The people are starving and the hard liners argue for violence against their enemies. When the seditionist leader Aceline is murdered, the trail leads to a conspiracy moving in the shadows. Meanwhile, in the vast imperial metropolis of Varenis, another power begins to muster its forces against Caeli-Amur. Will the citizens survive these threats, or will the city descend into the darkness of blood and violence?

Unwrapped Sky

by Rjurik Davidson

Published 15 April 2014

Caeli-Amur: an ancient city harbouring hidden mysteries, ruled by three warring Houses. Once, the gods used magic - or thaumaturgy - to create reality. Now, under the oppression of the controlling classes, that magic seems like a dream.
But things are changing in Caeli-Amur. Ancient minotaurs arrive for the traditional Festival of the Sun and New-Men bring wondrous technology from their homeland. Hideously disfigured Wastelanders stream into the city and strikes break out in the factory district.
Three very different people may hold the key to the city's survival but only if they can put aside their own personal vendettas.
The philosopher-assassin Kata has debts that need settling and will do anything to ensure they're met - but can she put a price on the ultimate betrayal? Meanwhile the ambitious bureaucrat Boris Autec rises through the ranks, turning his back on everything he once believed, and soon his private life turns to ashes. Elsewhere, the idealistic seditionist Maximilian resolves to overturn the tyranny dominating the city, and hatches a mad plot to unlock the secrets of the Great Library of Caeli Enas, drowned in the fabled city at the bottom of the sea.
In a novel of startling originality and riveting suspense, these three individuals risk everything for a future they can only create by throwing off the shackles of tradition and superstition. As their destinies collide, the destruction will either transform the ancient city . . . or ruin it.