This is going to be the best post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel you will read today! Cin City. The tinsel crown of the magical Kingdom of New California - and Tom Vargas's favorite place in the whole, wide world. Sure, as a Shamus he has to Clear a lot of Cases, listen to a lot of lies, and get battered and bruised in the process, but it's worth it. Cin City is worth it. But when trouble shows up as a dead mage at the Castle, he's got to work fast and smart to save his city. New California doesn't have mages, you see. And Cin City is safe for just as long as nobody can prove otherwise. (Note: this book has a sequel, but it is not part of an epic fantasy trilogy.)