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The Scar

The Scar

FantasyLiterary Fiction
Pages
608
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

On a prison transport ship, a linguist named Bellis Coldwine seeks escape from a troubled past. When pirates attack, the survivors are taken to Armada, a city built from ships on the sea, where leaving is forbidden. Bellis finds herself trapped in this strange new world, a place of bizarre inhabitants and strict rules, as she tries to navigate her new reality.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousThought-ProvokingAtmospheric
SurvivalFish Out of WaterMorally Grey

Genres

Fantasy Literary Fiction Science Fiction Steampunk High Fantasy

About the author

C
China Miéville

China Miéville (born 6 September 1972 in Norwich) is an English writer of speculative fiction, best known for the Bas-Lag novels beginning with Perdido Street Station and for The City & The City. His work is often placed under the label "weird fiction" and within the New Weird. He holds the record for most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins, with three, and has also won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Locus awards. He studied social anthropology at Cambridge and took a PhD in international law at the Londo...

Characters

Bellis ColdwineProtagonist
Isaac Dan der GrimnebulinSupporting
All characters in The Scar