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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.

柴納·米耶維

China Miéville

1972年齣生於英格蘭，以“新怪譚”風格奠定國際聲譽，21世紀的重要奇幻作傢。代錶作品有《鼠王》、《帕迪杜街車站》、《地疤》、《僞倫敦》、《城與城》、《尋找傑剋》等。米耶維的寫作風格多半帶有詭異的幽默感，擅長構製宏大逼真的奇境世界。作品屢獲軌跡奬、雨果奬、世界奇幻奬、阿瑟·剋拉剋奬等重要國際奇幻、科幻文學奬。