Railsea: A Novel

Railsea: A Novel

<b>€œOther names besides [Herman] Melville€s will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale€"there€s <i>Dune</i>€s Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Mi©ville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own.€€"<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> On board the moletrain <i>Medes,</i> 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 & the other€s glory. Spectacular as it is, Sham can€t shake the sense that there is more to life than the endless rails of the railsea€"even if his captain thinks only of hunting the ivory-colored mole that took her arm years ago. But when they come across a wrecked train, Sham finds something€"a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible€"that leads to considerably more than he€d bargained for. Soon he€s hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham€s life that€s about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.<br> <b> </b><br> <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br> <b> </b><br> €œ[Mi©ville] gives all readers a lot to dig into here, be it emotional drama, <i>Godzilla</i>-esque monster carnage, or the high adventure that comes only with riding the rails.€€"<i>USA Today</i><br> <i> </i><br> €œSuperb . . . massively imaginative.€€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br>  <br> €œRiveting . . . a great adventure.€€"NPR<br>  <br> €œWildly inventive . . . Every sentence is packed with wit.€€"<i>The Guardian </i>(London)