Description
| Product ID: | 9781447213673 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Railsea |
| Authors: | Author: China Mieville |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy, Fantasy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Venture into the Railsea - an epic journey for readers of all ages. <p>Savage giant moles, rail pirates, and explorers abound in China Miéville's thrilling young adult novel, <i>Railsea</i>.<br><br>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.<br><br> 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.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-04-25 |