A dark urban fantasy thriller from one of the all-time masters of the genre.

the literary fantasy of the year Guardian, Fiction Recommendations of the Year

Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?

For curator Billy Harrow it’s the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults, surreal magic, apostates and assassins. It might just be that the creature he’s been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure it’s a god.

A god that someone is hoping will end the world.

PRAISE FOR CHINA MIEVILLE

[Mieville s] wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian (on Three Moments of an Explosion)

Dark and thought-provoking. The San Diego Union-Tribune (on The City & The City)

Richly conceived. The New York Times Book Review (on Embassytown)

Compulsively readable. The Washington Post Book World (on Perdido Street Station)