Railsea

Zusatztext Miéville's imagined societies may be fantastic! but they are utterly coherent . . . wonderfully infectious. Informationen zum Autor China Miéville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The City & The City , an existential thriller, was published to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell and Philip K. Dick. His novel Embassytown was a first and widely praised foray into science fiction. Klappentext Savage giant moles, rail pirates, and explorers abound in China Miéville's thrilling young adult novel, Railsea. 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 and the other's glory - are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that there's more to life. Even if his captain can think only of her obsessive hunt for one savage mole. When they find a wrecked train, it's a welcome distraction. But the impossible salvage Sham finds there leads to trouble. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers. And it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Venture into the Railsea - an epic journey for readers of all ages. Zusammenfassung Venture into the Railsea - an epic journey for readers of all ages.

Product details

• Authors: China Mieville, China Miéville
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9781447213673
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-1367-3
• No. of pages: 375
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Pan Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Science Fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Science Fiction / Steampunk, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Steampunk, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy