The Rouse

<p><b>'Completely without parallel' – Michael Moorcock, author of <i>The Dancers at the End of Time</i><br>'A magisterial wonder' –</b> <b>Paul Tremblay, author of <i>The Cabin at the End of the World</i><br>'An extraordinary tour de force' – Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of <i>Children of Time</i><br>'Every page feels alive' – Xiaolu Guo, author of <i>Call Me Ishmaelle</i></b><br><br><b>From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.</b><br><br>Maur’s life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise . . . Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur’s obsessions – and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.<br><br>So begins <i>The Rouse</i>, a masterpiece unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of the bloody twentieth century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets – and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.<br><br><b>Praise for China Miéville, author of <i>The City & The City</i></b><br><br>‘You can’t talk about Miéville without using the word “brilliant”’ – Ursula K. Le Guin<br><br>‘One of the most interesting and freakishly gifted writers of his generation’ – <i>The Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>‘As intelligent as he is original’ – <i>The Guardian</i><br><br>‘The names of Kafka and Orwell tend to be invoked too easily for anything a bit out of the ordinary, but in this case they are worthy comparisons’ – <i>The Times</i></p>