Walter Jon Williams

Metropolitan, by Walter Jon Williams, is the first book in the Metropolitan series. It is the story of Aiah, a young woman who discovers an illegal source of magical plasm, and how it draws her into conflict with the world.

City on Fire, by Walter Jon Williams, is the second book in the Metropolitan series. It picks up right as the smoke clears in Caraqui after the revolution, leaving Aiah and Constantine to figure out how to govern.