The Scar: 2 (Bas-Lag) - Softcover

En route to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon, a ship carrying prisoners, slaves, and a few travelers, each with their own reason for leaving the city, is attacked by pirates, who bring the surviving passengers to a strange floating city constructed upon the hulls of pirated ships, whose leaders are hiding a sinister agenda. By the author of Perdido Street Station. Original.

of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations.

Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage—and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon.

For Bellis, the plan is clear: li