Railsea by China Mieville

Railsea by China Mieville

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

On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one's death & the other's glory. Spectacular as it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than the endless rails of the railsea--even if his captain thinks only of hunting the ivory-colored mole that took her arm years ago. But when they come across a wrecked train, Sham finds something--a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible--that leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER

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)

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ISBN 13	9780345524522
ISBN 10	0345524527
Title	Railsea
Author	China Mieville
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-05-15
Number of pages	424
Prizes	Winner of Locus Awards (Young Adult) 2013, Commended for John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2013
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.