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Railsea

China Miéville

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#2143 of 8,085 books · #180 in Young Adult

Shortlisted for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy (2012) and the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Robert Holdstock Award) (2013).

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. 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.

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Publisher
Del Rey Books
ISBN-13
9780230765368
Topics
Adventure and explorationComing of ageObsession and quest

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