The Scar

The book left me breathless with admiration.”

“The most exciting, enthralling novel I have read in a long time. It is about everything important-love, work, hope, worlds we knew were out there but needed a writer like Mieville to show them to us. His imagination is vast, his talent volcanic. Read this book. It just might be a masterpiece.”

– Jonathon Carroll

“An astonishing fantasy tale that is must reading… An action-packed, exciting plot. Fans of epic fantasy will reread this classy tale many times over the years to come.”

– Allscifi.com

“This writer knows what he’s about, [and] does it well… His darkly imaginative and complex story whirls along to its final resolution with the reader’s own imagination locked in tow.”

– The Anniston Star

“Highly recommended… A powerful tale about the power of love and the will to survive in a dystopian universe that combines Victorian elements with a fantasy version of cyberpunk. Mieville’s visceral prose evokes an immediacy that commands attention and demands a wide readership.”

– Library Journal

“Powerful… Mesmerizingly complex… A work of relentless inventiveness… A world suffused with both wonder and terror, where hitherto unimagined creatures inspire at once fascination and revulsion, excitement and fear.”

– January Magazine