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The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi gives me heart palpitations. His writing that is. A story that causes anxiety for the outcome of any given scene that I am listening to, shortness of breath and pounding heart is a great story.
It's a continuation of the Shipbreaker series, from a different set of viewpoints. Mahlia is the main voice, but it's also told via her friend Mouse as well as soldiers who invade the village where Mahlia and Mouse survive to the best of their abilities. All are victims of the upheaval of a world gone upside down and doing their best to move as forward as possible.
The one character tying the series together is Tool, a half-man hybrid behemoth, slurringly known as a dogface. Mahlia saves him after finding him in the swamp, but it's for her own survival needs. She wants to escape and take Mouse with her after soldiers invade. She needs to make her way to the Drowned Cities where she grew up.
Escape, capture, torture, survival at all costs. Heart-poundingly excellent story, characters, premise. Dystopian future tale at its finest.
I can definitely recommend this book, series and author.
It's a continuation of the Shipbreaker series, from a different set of viewpoints. Mahlia is the main voice, but it's also told via her friend Mouse as well as soldiers who invade the village where Mahlia and Mouse survive to the best of their abilities. All are victims of the upheaval of a world gone upside down and doing their best to move as forward as possible.
The one character tying the series together is Tool, a half-man hybrid behemoth, slurringly known as a dogface. Mahlia saves him after finding him in the swamp, but it's for her own survival needs. She wants to escape and take Mouse with her after soldiers invade. She needs to make her way to the Drowned Cities where she grew up.
Escape, capture, torture, survival at all costs. Heart-poundingly excellent story, characters, premise. Dystopian future tale at its finest.
I can definitely recommend this book, series and author.