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When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities.

柴纳·米耶维

China Miéville

1972年出生于英格兰，以“新怪谭”风格奠定国际声誉，21世纪的重要奇幻作家。代表作品有《鼠王》、《帕迪杜街车站》、《地疤》、《伪伦敦》、《城与城》、《寻找杰克》等。米耶维的写作风格多半带有诡异的幽默感，擅长构制宏大逼真的奇境世界。作品屡获轨迹奖、雨果奖、世界奇幻奖、阿瑟·克拉克奖等重要国际奇幻、科幻文学奖。