Other names besides [Herman] Melvilles will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling taletheres Dunes Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Miville 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 ones death & the others glory. Spectacular as it is, Sham cant shake the sense that there is more to life than the endless rails of the railseaeven 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 somethinga series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossiblethat leads to considerably more than hed bargained for. Soon hes hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Shams life thats about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. ? NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? [Miville] 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) [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Playaway Children .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2012 by Random House .

China Mieville 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.