“A solid little short story with an amazingly poetic premise and some nicely-worked prose. It's a story about environmental homeostasis, and I love that about it.” Amazon UK
The narrative centers on a looming disaster: a massive dragon living deep beneath a major city is dying. As the creature's internal fires become unstable, signs of the crisis begin to emerge on the surface—starting with bubbling tarmac and smoke in a car park. The story follows the activation of an ancient pact made generations ago to handle this exact predicament, involving a secret society of "custodians" and a high-stakes plan to save the city from incineration. Critical Reception Fire Above Fire Below by Garth Nix.epub
Reviewers from Amazon and Goodreads praise the "superb" world-building that makes the immediate setting feel complex and lived-in despite the short length. “A solid little short story with an amazingly