& it migh t not be just Sham's life that's about to change. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. But when they come across a wrecked train, Sham finds something-a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible-th at leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Spectacular as it is, Sham can't shake the sense that ther e is more to life than the endless rails of the railsea-even if his captai n thinks only of hunting the ivory-colored mole that took her arm years ago.
But in this, as in all of his works, Miéville has that special knack for evoking other wri ters 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 witne sses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one's death & th e other's glory.
"Other names besides Melville's will surely come to mind as you re ad this thrilling tale-there's Dune's Frank Herbert. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition.
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