This novel is set in the world of “The Scar” and “The Railway Station of Lost Dreams”—a renowned fantastic phantasmagoric masterpiece, the most delightful and exciting, in the eyes of fellow craftsmen, novel of our day, and critics’ acclaimed steampunk work since Gibson and Sterling’s “The Difference Engine.”
The gigantic megacity New-Crobuzon is cracking at all seams—its strength is being drained by the war with the distant power of Tesh; the dissidents and loyalists have moved from debate to street fighting; mysterious mirages are corroding the very fabric of the city’s existence. And now a motley group of daredevils sets out on the trail of the golemist who fled New-Crobuzon: Yuda Lew. Rumor has it he’s searching for the legendary Iron Council—a symbol of freedom on steam power.