'A page-turner whose end left me almost physically applauding.' Michael Moorcock, New Statesman1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer and occult disciple Jack Parsons seeks to capture and channel the imaginative power...

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory...