{"product_id":"iron-council-9780345458421","title":"Iron Council","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003ePerdido Street Station\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Scar\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author China Mi ville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut. With a fresh and fantastical band of characters, he carries us back to the decadent squalor of New Crobuzon--this time, decades later.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIt is a time of wars and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming city to the brink. A mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon's most dangerous hour, there are whispers. It is the time of the iron council. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The bold originality that broke Mi ville out as a new force of the genre is here once more in \u003ci\u003eIron Council\u003c\/i\u003e the voluminous, lyrical novel that is destined to seal his reputation as perhaps the edgiest mythmaker of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChina Miéville\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1972. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKing Rat\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award and the Bram Stoker Prize; \u003ci\u003ePerdido Street Station\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Scar\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award, and was a finalist for the Hugo Award, Philip K. Dick Award, and Arthur C. Clarke Award. He lives and works in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630308823314,"sku":"9780345458421","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_012a3553-d7e4-46db-9559-a77924055870.jpg?v=1732749410","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/iron-council-9780345458421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}