The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands: A Novel
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For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape
"Breathtaking...Abounding with mysteries and marvels." —Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket.
There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengers, eager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train's last journey, something went horribly wrong, though no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiwei, who has spent her life onboard and thought she knew all of the train's secrets.
Now, the train is about to embark again, with a new set of passengers. Among them are Marya Petrovna, a grieving woman with a borrowed name; Henry Grey, a disgraced naturalist looking for redemption; and Elena, a beguiling stowaway with a powerful connection to the Wastelands itself. Weiwei knows she should report Elena, but she can't help but be drawn to her. As the girls begin a forbidden friendship, there are warning signs that the rules of the Wastelands are changing and the train might once again be imperiled. Can the passengers trust each other, as the wildness outside threatens to consume them all?
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Sarah Brooks. (2024). The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands: A Novel. Flatiron Books.
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"Breathtaking...Abounding with mysteries and marvels." —Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket.
There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengers, eager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train's last journey, something went horribly wrong, though no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiwei, who has spent her life onboard and thought she knew all of the train's secrets.
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DEBUT If a luxury train raced through Jeff VanderMeer's Area X, filled with the cast of Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree, it would be something like the Trans-Siberian Express of this story. It's a tense journey through a landscape so incomprehensible that even gazing at it through a window can incite madness. Braving the danger are a widow with a secret mission, a religious naturalist desperate to regain his renown, and an orphan tempted to betray her bond to the train. Each character's schemes provide the reader with data about the Wastelands' true nature as it tries to infiltrate their transport. Brooks skillfully doles out clues at a steady, satisfying pace--but always alongside new questions, ensuring that tension remains high. As the train approaches Moscow, readers will wonder if the travelers are going to reach their destination, and if they do, who they'll be. Ultimately, this journey through the unknown provides ample opportunity for musings about the power of travel to change people, while examining humans' relationships to the environment, to capitalism, and to each other. VERDICT A nerve-wracking but empathetic first-class read for lovers of the strange and uncanny.--Matthew Galloway
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Brooks' novel presents the reader with a late nineteenth-century Asia and Europe both familiar and bizarre. The direct route between Beijing and Moscow rests on one train line due to all-encompassing mutations that have made Siberia and the surrounding region incomprehensibly dangerous to cross. Pressure from the Company pushes the train into a voyage it is ill-prepared for, coming after a crossing that killed three passengers but left the survivors no memory of how. Secrets abound on the train: from Marya Petrovna, traveling under a false name to clear her dead father of wrongdoing; to Dr. Henry Grey, a naturalist desperate to regain his reputation even if it means risking everyone's safety; to Zhang Weiwei, a child of the train, hiding a mysterious stowaway. While malfunctions, weird creature attacks, and uncanny weather plague the voyage, the true terrors are human greed, fear, and desire for power. This is ultimately a story about connection, friendship, and the importance of being unafraid of change. Highly recommended for its many mysteries, fascinating cast of characters, and beautifully strange Wastelands.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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"Breathtaking...Abounding with mysteries and marvels." —Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket.
There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengers, eager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train's last journey, something went horribly wrong, though no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiwei, who has spent her...- sortTitle
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