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The Scar

By: China Miéville
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
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Winner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Miéville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag.

A human cargo bound for servitude in exile . . .

A pirate city hauled across the oceans . . .

A hidden miracle about be revealed . . .

These are the ingredients of an astonishing story. It is the story of a prisoner's journey. Of the search for the island of a forgotten people, for the most astonishing beast in the seas, and ultimately for a fabled place - a massive wound in reality, a source of unthinkable power and danger.

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They finally did it, they finally re-recorded this book. The last narrator wasn't great, which stopped me from even bothering with Iron Council. I'm happy to say the new narrator really suits the vibe of the bas-lag trilogy and has been a joy to listen to.

The only way this could be better is if they had got the original narrator for Perdido Street station to narrate, but I'll happily settle for this.

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