Railsea: A Novel

€œOther names besides [Herman] Melville€s will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale€"there€s Dune€s Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Mi©ville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own.€€"Los Angeles Times
 
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one€s death & the other€s glory. Spectacular as it is, Sham can€t shake the sense that there is more to life than the endless rails of the railsea€"even if his captain thinks only of hunting the ivory-colored mole that took her arm years ago. But when they come across a wrecked train, Sham finds something€"a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible€"that leads to considerably more than he€d bargained for. Soon he€s hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham€s life that€s about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.
 
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
€œ[Mi©ville] gives all readers a lot to dig into here, be it emotional drama, Godzilla-esque monster carnage, or the high adventure that comes only with riding the rails.€€"USA Today
 
€œSuperb . . . massively imaginative.€€"Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
€œRiveting . . . a great adventure.€€"NPR
 
€œWildly inventive . . . Every sentence is packed with wit.€€"The Guardian (London)