The scar

Miéville, China.

Book 2002

Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, prisoners and slaves are being transported to a fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. When the ship is besieged by pirates, the senior officials are executed, and surviving passengers are brought to a floating city constructed upon the hulls of pirated ships, a place whose leaders harbor a sinister agenda.

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Armada (Floating city)

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Captivity

Dark magic

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Gigantic floating pirate city consisting of the hulls of stolen ships

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Prisoners Fiction

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Swollen Ocean

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ISBN:

0345444388

Edition:

First edition

Description:

638 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Takes place in the same universe as the author's "Perdido Street Station," but is a stand-alone novel
Philip K. Dick Award nominee (special citation) 2002
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee 2003
Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee 2003
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel nominee 2003
Nebula Award for Best Novel (preliminary ballot) 2003
British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel nominee 2002
British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award for Best Novel winner 2003
Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel winner 2003

LCCN:

2002091868

Control Number:

240013

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