King Rat
by China Mieville
Something is stirring in the London dark, stamping out its territory
in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's
father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.
But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and
leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. Freedom and a new
destiny: King Rat reveals Saul's royal heritage, a heritage that opens
a new world to Saul, the world below London's streets.
A heritage that also drags Saul into King Rat's plan for revenge against
his ancient enemy, the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The Piper walks the world
again, and wants to finish the job he started those long centuries
ago. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must
confront the forces that would use him, the forces that would
destroy him, and the forces that shaped his own bizarre identity.
Pied Piper
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