A mother searches for the truth about her son while a military apparatus discovers the usefulness of the world beyond death.
China Miéville's combination of war story, horror and personal investigation makes the premise deliberately uneasy. The attraction is the clash between an institution's appetite for new resources and one person's need for an answer. Choose it for speculative fiction that turns a fantastic possibility into a question about power.
WHO IS IT FOR?
For readers who like speculative premises with a darker or unsettling edge.
