# The Fade

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- Book: [The Fade](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-wooding/the-fade) ([The Fade.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-wooding/the-fade.md))
- Authors: [Chris Wooding](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-wooding)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7508-594-7
- Published: 2008-09-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The astonishing new fantasy from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray A subterranean world of vast caverns, underground seas, crystalline forests. A civilisation born of darkness, in darkness, protected by shadows. A city of merchants, whose eyes have turned upward to the surface, where the lethal light of day beats down on their world. A conspiracy so vast that it will swallow them all ... A stunningly original fantasy from a multi-award winning author. With a beautiful baroque world, sharp characterisation and Chris Wooding's trademark insight into the fantasy genre, the dawning of Halflight is an event more than worth waiting for.