Clarke, British Science Fiction and British Fantasy awards. Miéville represents much of what is new and good in contemporary dark fantasy, and his work is must reading for devotees of that genre. Full of warped and memorable characters, this violent and intensely political novel smoothly combines elements of fantasy, science fiction, horror, even the western. Workers building the first transcontinental railroad, badly mistreated by their overseers, have literally stolen a train, laying track into the wild back-country west of the great city, tearing up track behind them, fighting off the militia sent to arrest them, even daring to enter the catotopic zone, that transdimensional continental scar where anything is possible. The spark that will ignite the revolution, however, is the Perpetual Train. Radical groups are springing up across the city. An overseas war is going badly, and horrific, seemingly meaningless terrorist acts occur with increasing frequency. They turn a blind eye when racists stage pogroms in neighborhoods inhabited by non-humans. Uniformed militia are patrolling the streets and watching the city from their dirigibles.

More and more people are being arrested on petty charges and 'Remade' into monstrous slaves, some half animal, others half machine. The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar).

The capitalists of New Crobuzon are pushing hard. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. ) charts the course of a proletarian revolution like no other. In this stunning new novel set mainly in the decadent and magical city of New Crobuzon, British author Miéville ( The Scar

Iron Council by China Miéville