{"title":"China Mieville","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"king-rat","title":"King Rat","description":"Something is stirring in Londons dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Sauls father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.  But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat.  In the night-land behind Londons fa?ade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature.  Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance  in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive.  Like the DJ says:\u003ci\u003e Time for the Badman.\u003c\/i\u003e  Tackles his theme with a dark assurance . . . with its original blend of twisted urban fairytale and modern gothic horror, \u003ci\u003eKing Rat\u003c\/i\u003e marks out China Miville as an author to be watched \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e  Brings together elements of fantasy, fairytale and the detective story . . . I greatly enjoyed Mivilles weird and engaging myth-making \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263735251238,"sku":"9780333738810","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/e29799d5-22d1-42ec-b2cf-bd8338ce035c.jpg?v=1701084872"},{"product_id":"iron-council","title":"Iron Council","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003ePerdido Street Station\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Scar\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed author China Miville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey debut. With a fresh and fantastical band of characters, he carries us back to the decadent squalor of New Crobuzon - this time, decades later. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is a time of wars and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming city to the brink. A mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the blood and violence of New Crobuzons most dangerous hour, there are whispers. 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