THE SCAR
DESCRIPTION
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 handful of travellers,
each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a talented
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: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until
it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean,
the crew is overrun and taken into custody along with Bellis and her civilian companions.
They are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating,
landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given
work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactacae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever
leave.
Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death
sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada's agenda. The answer
lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters-terrifying
entities with a singular, chilling mission.
EXCERPTS
Read a preview of the Prologue and Chapter One at Pan/Macmillan's China Miéville site.
AWARDS
- 1st place: Amazon.com Editors' Choice, Fantasy (2002)
- Special citation: Philip K. Dick Award (2002)
- Shortlisted: Hugo Award, Novel (2003)
- Shortlisted: Arthur C. Clarke Award (2003)
- Shortlisted: BSFA Award (2002)
PUBLICATION HISTORY
- 2002
- Macmillan (UK)
Hardcover, ISBN 0-333-78174-0
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Amazon.co.uk
- 2002
- Macmillan (UK)
Paperback, ISBN 0-333-78175-9
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Amazon.co.uk
- 2002
- Easton Press (US)
Hardcover
- 2002
- Del Rey (US)
Paperback, ISBN 0-345-44438-8
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Amazon.com
- 2002
- La factoría de ideas (Spain)
La cicatriz
Paperback
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