Against The Wicked City

There is a saying among the slaves that the Wicked City is a beast with three mouths, all of them insatiably hungry for human lives. Its ...

When every law is unjust, and every official is corrupt, then what place remains for the criminal? Given that the Wicked City is alread...

One of my historical reference points for the Wicked City is late medieval and early modern Samarkand, and one of Samarkand's most famou...

Even in its decayed state, the Wicked City remains a major centre of trade in six commodities: clockwork technology, medicines and opia...

From their offices high up in the King's Tower, the eight Lesser Ministers and the five Greater Ministers oversee the government of t...

Before its fall - back when it still had a name - the Wicked City was the jewel of the Great Road . None of the other oasis kingdoms could ...

I've written a fair bit about the Wicked City since starting this blog, but one thing which could probably have benefitted from being...