The saga continues...

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"If The Entire and the Rose isn't the most audacious and exhilarating epic SF saga to hit the racks since the Night's Dawn trilogy, then I might as well throw in the towel."
– SF REVIEWS.com

"One of the classic science fiction series of our time." – Greg L. Johnson, SF Site

"This may well be the most ambitious epic science fiction series of the current decade." – SFRevu

Summary

In this third book of The Entire and The Rose, Titus Quinn has forged an unstable peace with the Tarig lords. The ruinous capability of the nanotech surge weapon he possesses ensures détente. But it is a sham. In what the godwoman Zhiya calls “a fit of moral goodness,” he’s thrown the weapon into the space-folding waters of the Nigh. This clears the way for an enemy he could never have foreseen: the people of the Rose. A small cadre led by Helice Maki is determined to take the Entire for itself and leave the earth in ruins. The transform of earth will begin deep in a western desert and will sweep over the lives of ordinary people, entangling Quinn’s sister-in-law Caitlin in a deepening and ultimate conspiracy.

In the Entire, Quinn stalks Helice to the fabled Rim City, encircling the heart of the Entire. Here he at last finds his daughter, now called Sen Ni, in the Chalin style. Outside of earth-based time, she has grown to adulthood. He hardly knows her, and finds her the mistress of a remarkable dream-time insurgency against the Tarig lords—and more, a woman risen high in the Entire’s meritocracy. Quinn needs his daughter’s help against the woman who would destroy the earth. But Sen Ni has her own plans and allies, among them a boy-navitar unlike any other pilot of the River Nigh—a navitar willing and supremely able to break his vows and bend the world.

Quinn casts his fate with the beautiful and resourceful Ji Anzi who—sent on a journey to other realms—holds the key to Quinn’s heart and his overarching mission. But as he approaches the innermost sanctuary of the Tarig, he is alone. Waiting for him are powerful adversaries, including a lady who both hates and loves him, the high prefect of the dragon court, and Quinn’s most implacable enemy, a warrior whose chaotic mind will soon be roused form an eternal slumber.

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Hardcover, 978-1591026983, February, 2009
Trade paper, 978-1-591027904 January, 2010

Published by Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books
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Reviews

SF Site

by Greg L. Johnson

" . . . a series that wowed at the beginning for the complexity and creativity of its invented setting, earning comparisons to classics like Riverworld and Ringworld, has now filled that setting with characters whose motives and aspirations are often hidden and always conflicting, a situation that makes The Entire and the Rose at least as comparable to Dune and the tension-filled novels of C.J. Cherryh as it is those other works. Which means that at the end of City Without End, even though several story lines have been concluded, a couple in surprising and dramatic fashion, the crux of the problem still remains. Titus Quinn's family and loved ones are scattered across two different universes, and whether he can save or hold on to any of it remains in serious doubt. The stage is now set for the final volume in what is already looking like one of the classic science fiction series of our time."

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SFF WORLD.COM

by Rob H. Bedford

Lush, captivating and entrancing – City Without End is both a solid novel on its own and a great furthering of the story Kenyon is telling in this saga. There was a strong sense of closure upon the conclusion of the volume, but the unresolved plot elements still linger enough that the concluding volume Prince of Storms will be most welcome upon its publication.

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SF REVIEWS.COM

by Thomas M. Wagner

Watch your back, Peter F. Hamilton. Kay Kenyon is muscling in on your turf. If The Entire and the Rose isn't the most audacious and exhilarating epic SF saga to hit the racks since the Night's Dawn trilogy, then I might as well throw in the towel and take up reading vampire romance trash like everybody else. The third volume of Kenyon's dazzling and inventive series has an action-driven forward momentum that keeps the suspense taut through well over 450 pages of narrative. Having introduced her remarkable alternate universe and its colorful array of characters, both human and alien, in the previous books, Kenyon simply cuts loose, ratcheting the story's action and dramatic tension right off the scale. If you still haven't added Kay Kenyon to your reading lists, City without End leaves you without any good excuses to keep ignoring her. . . .

There's one more book to go here. City does have a sense of closure to it, but there are many questions that still need answers, mysteries yet unsolved. To think that Kay Kenyon has more to offer, in light of how much she's given us in these stories already, is thrilling to contemplate. I really don't know where she'll go from here. And that's more than enough, not only to keep me on tenterhooks for the next volume, but to have you jumping into book one the first chance you get.

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BOOKLIST

by Regina Schroeder

In the third Entire and the Rose novel, the conflict between the Entire’s rulers and those who would save the Rose comes to a head. Titus Quinn has the Tarig believing he still could destroy the Entire. Mo Ti, Sydney’s disgraced advisor, tells Titus about Helice and her plans for renaissance, which, unbeknownst to Mo Ti, entail destroying the Rose. When Quinn’s sister-in-law finds out what’s really going on, she takes drastic action to stop it. The series’ fast-paced adventure, solid world building, and fascinating characters wind this volume to a satisfying conclusion and promise lots more intrigue in the next.

Pat's Fantasy Hotlist

by Patrick

"One of the most fascinating scifi series on the market today."