About this book
City of Bones, published in 1995 at 383 pages, is one of Martha Wells's earliest standalone novels, set in a desert world scarred by an ancient cataclysm. It follows Khat, a member of a nonhuman race bioengineered to survive the wasteland, and his human partner Sagai as their relic-dealing business drags them into a conspiracy involving forbidden Ancient magic.
Key facts about City of Bones
City of Bones is a book by Martha Wells. Readers have had it since 1995. It runs to 383 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of City of Bones. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781452666334 to find the main one.
Martha Wells has 26 books in our catalogue. 22 of them belong to a series, while 4 stand alone. All 26 are out now. Other books by Martha Wells on file include Queen Demon (2025), Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (2025), System Collapse (2023) and Witch King (2023).
Before this one, The Element of Fire came out in 1993. After it came The Death of the Necromancer in 1998. Since then, our list has added 24 more books by Martha Wells.
Martha Wells has 4 series on file, such as The Books of Ile-Rien, The Books of the Raksura and The Murderbot Diaries. Those series sit on our fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Platform Decay is the latest published Martha Wells book on file, from 5 May 2026.
About Martha Wells
Martha Wells is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose Murderbot Diaries has become one of the genre's most acclaimed recent series, following a self-hacked security android -- who privately calls itself Murderbot -- as it tries to watch its favorite soap operas in peace while reluctantly getting drawn into protecting the humans it's contracted to guard. See every Martha Wells book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781452666334