Railsea
Synopsis
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 oneรขe(tm)s death & the otherรขe(tm)s glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railseaโฆ 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 oneรขe(tm)s death & the otherรขe(tm)s glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that thereรขe(tm)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 & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Praise for China Miรยฉville: รขe~Fiction of the new centuryรขe(tm) Neil Gaiman, รขe~Miรยฉvilleรขe(tm)s work is thrillingly imaginative รขeยฆ immensely witty & utterly unforgettableรขe(tm) Scotland on Sunday, รขe~One of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fictionรขe(tm) Guardian, รขe~Miรยฉvilleรขe(tm)s imagined societies may be fantastic, but they are utterly coherent . . . wonderfully infectiousรขe(tm) Daily Telegraph
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