Michael Swanwick - The Dragons of Babel (epub)[j_ray]

A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a
post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest
village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant.
Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what
his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female
centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a
surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be
immortal.

Evacuated to the Tower of Babel--infinitely high, infinitely vulgar,
very much like New York City--Will meets the confidence trickster Nat
Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless
living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint
politician, meets his one true love--a high-elven woman he dare not
aspire to.

Title: The Dragons of Babel
Author: Michael Swanwick
Published: October 11, 2011, by Tor
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 0765331144
ISBN-13: 978-0765331144
Length: 320 pages