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From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy. Maur's life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of...
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From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.
Maur's life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise... Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur's obsessions – and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.
So begins a book unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of a bloody century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets – and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781509847402
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 100g
Pages: 1264
About the Author
China Miéville is a Sunday Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. His novels include The City & The City, Embassytown, and Perdido Street Station. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction, he has won the World Fantasy, the Hugo, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards, among others. His non-fiction includes a study of international law and a history of the Russian Revolution.
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