A dark urban fantasy thriller from one of the all-time masters of the genre.
"the literary fantasy of the year" Guardian, Fiction Recommendations of the Year
Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?
For curator Billy Harrow it's the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults, surreal magic, apostates and assassins. It might just be that the creature he's been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure it's a god.
A god that someone is hoping will end the world.
PRAISE FOR CHINA MIEVILLE
"[Mieville s] wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing." Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian (on Three Moments of an Explosion)
"Dark and thought-provoking." The San Diego Union-Tribune (on The City & The City)
"Richly conceived." The New York Times Book Review (on Embassytown)
"Compulsively readable." The Washington Post Book World (on Perdido Street Station)
Product code: 9780330492324
| ISBN |
9780330492324 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H196xW130xS37 |
| No. Of Pages |
496 |
| Publisher |
Pan Macmillan |
| Edition |
Unabridged edition |
| On Sale Date |
06/05/2011 |