has it all - and as the name suggests, it is sharp, steely and viciously bloody. This is modern, dark fantasy at its best and a debut to be envied.' - British Fantasy Society 'Quite brilliant.is as good a debut as I've read in along time. The action rips along at a brilliant pace allowing us to experience this gritty world through the eyes of a thrilling, dangerous, flawed, yet strangely endearing protagonist.

You'll definitely find it darkly rewarding.' New York Journal of Books 'Polansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel, a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime.Sharp, noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark Polansky as a writer with a future.' - Publishers Weekly ' A strong debut novel with a hero who doesn't waste time worrying about the moral implications of cutting someone's throat.' - Kirkus 'Polansky's writing is confident and punchy from the offset. I had a blast with Low Town, and I'm definitely keeping an eye out for whatever Daniel Polansky comes up with next.' 'If you like noir and hard-boiled mysteries, you might want to give Low Town a chance. It's a novel you can enjoy for its atmosphere as well as its story, full as it is of well-drawn scenes from the city's underbelly.â€¦ Low Town delivers a fast, entertaining story in less pages than it takes some major epics to get out of the realm of basic exposition. Club ( The Onion ) 'Festooned with sorcerers and demons in a pre-industrial otherworld setting, Low Town â€¦is a fantasy-crime hybrid with serious noir chopsâ€¦Gritty, cryptically funny and relentlessly inventive.' Winnipeg Free Press ' Low Town is a strong, confident debut that should go down well with readers who enjoy their fantasy on the noir side.

Much like its grim, perversely charismatic antihero, Low Town stakes a narrow turf-then completely owns every inch of it.' The A.V. And he does it all while spinning one hell of a gripping mystery. 'For a first-time author, Polansky has managed to craft an assured, roaring, and rollicking hybrid, a cross-genre free-for-all that relishes its tropes while spitting out their bones.

Low Town by Daniel Polansky