The Drowned Cities
Number 2 in series
$36.16
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2012
Summary
In this exhilarating companion to Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, driven by demagogues who recruit children to become soulless killing machines.
Two refugees of these wars, Mahlia and Mouse, are known as ‘war maggots’: survivors who have barely managed to escape the unspeakable violence plaguing the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities. But their fragile safety is threatened when they discov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781907411113 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1907411119 |
| Author: | Paolo Bacigalupi |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | ATOM |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Ship Breaker |
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Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the map with The Hunger Games …but Bacigalupi is one of the genre’s masters.
Beautifully written, filled with high-octane action, and featuring badly damaged but fascinating and endearing characters, this fine novel tops its predecessor and can only increase the author’s already strong reputation. - Publishers Weekly
Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the map with The Hunger Games…but Bacigalupi is one of the genre’s masters. - The Los Angeles TimesBacigalupi writes with a furious energy that makes this brilliant depiction of an all-too-believable future impossible to forget. - BooklistBreathtaking. - KirkusAbout The Author
Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s writing has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards and his YA novel, SHIP BREAKER, was shortlisted for the National Book Award. He lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son.
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