The Scar

Mass Market Paperback, 608 pages

Langue : English

Publié 29 juin 2004 par Del Rey.

ISBN :
978-0-345-46001-1
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Numéro OCLC :
55984213

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A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Mieville's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage--and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon.For Bellis, the plan is clear: live …

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Sujets

  • English Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy - General
  • Science Fiction - Adventure
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure
  • Science Fiction - High Tech