![]() ![]() ‘Miéville’s imagined societies may be fantastic, but they are utterly coherent. ‘One of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fiction’ Guardian immensely witty and utterly unforgettable’ Scotland on Sunday ‘Miéville’s work is thrillingly imaginative. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers.Īnd it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. But the impossible salvage Sham finds in the derelict leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. When they come across a wrecked train, at first it's a welcome distraction. Even if his philosophy-seeking captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-coloured mole she’s been chasing – ever since it took her arm all those years ago. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life. The giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other’s glory are extraordinary. On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. ![]()
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