Del Rey Books</br></br>Product Description</br></br>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE LOS ANGELES TIMES THE SEATTLE TIMES</i> AND <i>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</i><br> <br>When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel somewhere at the edge of Europe it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl? of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate Borl? must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal rival and intimate neighbor the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other a journey as psychic as it is physical a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt Borl? is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead womans secrets they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and most terrifying of all that which lies between these two cities.</br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br><strong>Amazon <http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000400181> Best of the Month?? June 2009:</strong> The city is Beszel?? a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma?? a modern Eastern European boomtown?? despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share?? and what they don't?? is the del