From the wilderness, the legend of Iron Council becomes the spark uniting the oppressed and brings barricades to the streets of faraway New Crobuzon. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Ĭhina Miéville's novel Iron Council is the tumultuous story of the 'Perpetual Train.' Born from monopolists' greed and dispatched to tame the western lands beyond New Crobuzon, the train is itself the beginnings of an Iron Council formed in the fire of frontier revolt against the railroad's masters.

The bold originality that broke Miéville out as a new force of the genre is here once more in Iron Council: the voluminous, lyrical novel that is destined to seal his reputation as perhaps the edgiest mythmaker of the day. In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon’s most dangerous hour, there are whispers. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope. A mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming city to the brink. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. It is a time of wars and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. With a fresh and fantastical band of characters, he carries us back to the decadent squalor of New Crobuzon-this time, decades later. Following Perdido Street Station and The Scar, acclaimed author China Miéville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut.

Iron Council by China Miéville