Ship Breaker

8 hrs. 31 min.

Language Russian

Author Paolo Bacigalupi

Narrator Andrey Kurilov

Description

Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science-fiction writer publishing since 1999. The genres he works in are predominantly science fiction with a post-apocalyptic bent, as well as fantasy. He was born in the town of Paonia in the western part of Colorado, studied Chinese at the Ohio State University, and then spent several years in Asia. His works carry the imprint of the cultures of the countries he visited—just as vivid as the noir imprint that fills modern U.S. life.

The not-too-distant future, a dark era of Earth’s civilization. The South of the United States is a victim of a series of disasters. Here skyscrapers have gone underwater; here hurricanes rage—“city-killers”; here, in humid heat, numerous oil tankers and bulk carriers rot along the shore. For a teenager named Gvozdyar, like many other residents of this disaster-ridden territory, the only way to prolong his miserable and hopeless existence is forced labor, risky scavenging for scrap on the wrecked ships. To break out of this hellish place, he is ready to commit any villainy. At least for now he has no doubts about it…