Kraken
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3.8 • 27 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Kraken is a darkly comic, wildly absurd adventure by author of Perdido Street Station, China Miéville.
Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?
For curator Billy Harrow it's the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults, surreal magic, apostates and assassins. It might just be that the creature he's been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure it's a god.
A god that someone is hoping will end the world.
Customer Reviews
A great geeky tale
I really enjoyed this book; it was great as a casual read and my first iPad ebook. The style is light and humorous, it is packed with subculture references that avoid being cliche except where cliche provides the laugh. Sometimes the dialog is disjointed and there's a distinct Neverwhere homage running through the narrative. I'm sure Gaiman fans will love it - but this should be enjoyed by any modern fantasy fan.