by China Miéville · MacMillan · tapa dura · ISBN 9780230765108
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«Railsea» is the science fiction and fantasy novel by China Miéville, published by MacMillan in hardcover (376 pages, in English).
Aboard the moled train Medes, Sham witnesses the hunt for moldywarpes, giant moles that emerge from the earth. His captain, obsessed with the ivory mole that tore off her arm, crosses the infinite rails of the Railsea. When Sham finds a map on a wrecked train, his discovery unleashes a pursuit of pirates, scavengers, and other threats that could change the entire Railsea.
Originally published in 2012, it won the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2013.
For science fiction and fantasy readers, especially young adult and adult audiences, seeking an adventure set in a world crisscrossed by railway tracks.
China Tom Miéville is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird.
