On board the Medes, Sham yes ap Saroop watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. The giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey – and the inevitable battle that follows between human and creature that will result in one's death and the other's glory. Travelling the rails of the Railsea, Sham knows there is more to life than hunting moles – even if his philosophy-seeking captain can think of nothing else but the ivory-coloured mole she's been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a derelict train, and Sham discovers salvage aboard – everything changes for him.
About the Author
China Mieville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar). The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell (The Times) and Philip K. Dick (Guardian). His most recent novel, Embassytown, was published in 2011.
Industry Reviews
"Other names besides [Herman] Melville's will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale--there's Dune's Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Mieville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own."--Los Angeles Times "[Mieville] gives all readers a lot to dig into here, be it emotional drama, Godzilla-esque monster carnage, or the high adventure that comes only with riding the rails."--USA Today "Superb . . . massively imaginative."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Riveting . . . a great adventure."--NPR "Wildly inventive . . . Every sentence is packed with wit."--The Guardian (London) Other names besides [Herman] Melville s will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale there s Dune s Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Mieville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own. Los Angeles Times [Mieville] gives all readers a lot to dig into here, be it emotional drama, Godzilla-esque monster carnage, or the high adventure that comes only with riding the rails. USA Today Superb . . . massively imaginative. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Riveting . . . a great adventure. NPR Wildly inventive . . . Every sentence is packed with wit. The Guardian (London)" Praise for China Mieville Embassytown "Mieville's swing-for-the-fences gusto thrills. This is Big Idea Sci-Fi at its most propulsively readable."--"Entertainment Weekly" Kraken "The stakes [are] driven high and almost anything can happen. The reader is primed for a memorable payoff, and Mieville more than delivers."--"San Francisco Chronicle" The City & The City "If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler's love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble . . . "The City & The City"."--"Los Angeles Times" Un Lun Dun "Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of "Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz" and "The Phantom Tollbooth"."--Salon Perdido Street Station "Compulsively readable . . . impossible to expunge from memory."--"The Washington Post Book World" The Scar "A fantastic setting for an unforgettable tale . . . memorable because of Mieville's vivid language [and] rich imagination."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer" Iron Council "A masterwork . . . a story that pops with creativity."--"Wired" Praise for China Mieville Embassytown "Mieville's swing-for-the-fences gusto thrills. This is Big Idea Sci-Fi at its most propulsively readable."--"Entertainment Weekly" Kraken "The stakes [are] driven high and almost anything can happen. The reader is primed for a memorable payoff, and Mieville more than delivers."--"San Francisco Chronicle" The City & The City "If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler's love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble . . . "The City & The City.""--"Los Angeles Times" Un Lun Dun "Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of "Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz" and "The Phantom Tollbooth.""--Salon Perdido Street Station "Compulsively readable . . . impossible to expunge from memory."--"The Washington Post Book World" The Scar "A fantastic setting for an unforgettable tale . . . memorable because of Mieville's vivid language [
