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Average rating3.5
Rebellion and war race to take control of New Crobuzon in the award-winning Iron Council by China Miéville. It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope, an undying legend. In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon's most dangerous hour, there are whispers. It is the time of the Iron Council.
Series
3 primary books6 released booksNew Crobuzon is a 6-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by China Miéville, Lucrezia Pei, and 10 others.
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A satisfying conclusion to Mieville's Bas-Lag trilogy, Iron Council is both more political and more literary than its predecessors.