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.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447213673
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 266 g
Dimensions: 197 x 132 x 25 mm
Miéville’s work is thrillingly imaginative . . . immensely witty & utterly unforgettable. - Scotland on Sunday
One of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fiction. - Guardian
Miéville’s imagined societies may be fantastic, but they are utterly coherent . . . wonderfully infectious. - Daily Telegraph
Perfect for any readers from about 12 years old and up, especially if they're looking for an adventure with some originality and thought behind it. I also recommend it to any adult Mieville fan who might be put... More
Start by thinking Moby Dick, but with trains and moles instead of ships and whales. Then let your imagination go a bit nuts and add a world without oceans, where the highlands of mountains and mists are infinitely... More
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