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Award-winning author China Miéville began his astounding career with King Ratnow in a new Tor Essentials editiona mix of a young man''s search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness.

With a new introduction by Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail.

Something is stirring in London''s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond''s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.

But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul''s prison cell and leads him to freedom: a shadow called King Rat. King Rat reveals to Saul his own royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world for him, the world below London''s streets.

With drum-and-bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the ones that would destroy him, and those that have shaped his own bizarre identity.

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King Rat

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    A Paperback / softback by China Miéville

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      Publisher: Tor Books
      Publication Date: 04/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781250862501, 978-1250862501
      ISBN10: 1250862507

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Award-winning author China Miéville began his astounding career with King Ratnow in a new Tor Essentials editiona mix of a young man''s search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness.

      With a new introduction by Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail.

      Something is stirring in London''s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond''s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.

      But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul''s prison cell and leads him to freedom: a shadow called King Rat. King Rat reveals to Saul his own royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world for him, the world below London''s streets.

      With drum-and-bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the ones that would destroy him, and those that have shaped his own bizarre identity.

      Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fanta

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