A human cargo bound for servitude in exile...A pirate city hauled across theoceans...A hidden miracle about be revealed...This is the story of a prisonersjourne... » 

A human cargo bound for servitude in exile...A pirate city hauled across theoceans...A hidden miracle about be revealed...This is the story of a prisonersjourney. The search for the island of a forgotten people for the mostastonishing beast in the seas and ultimately for a fabled place a massivewound in reality a source of unthinkable power and danger. From the author ofPerdido Street Station another colossal fantasy of incredible diversity andspellbinding imagination which was acclaimed in The Times Literary Supplementas An astonishing novel guaranteed to astound and enthral the most jadedpalate...exhilarating sometimes very moving occasionally shocking alwayshumane and thoughtprovoking. «