Description
Before wars are won, they must be witnessed.
Elize Janview is a soldier, one of the few survivors of an unimaginably terrible weapon, which ended the long detente between the North and the South and plunged them back into all-out war. She enlisted with a dream of finding those responsible, of somehow getting revenge for the deaths of everyone she knew, but was posted to guard the prison at Crag, the fortress of the South, which has never fallen to the enemy.
Janview's life is transformed when a rough wooden box is delivered to Crag, holding the performer and spy Marius Mondegreen, agent of the North: the Misheard Word, who can read minds, breathe fire, and make objects appear and disappear. Janview is to witness Mondegreen's interrogation by his captor, the beautiful and cruel Allynx Syld, who promises the end of the war. As recorder - and by degrees participant - in the interrogation, Janview comes to question everything she knew about the war, and the very world she lives in...
About the Author
Aliya Whiteley is one of the most exciting talents in the UK. She is the author of six books of speculative fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlisted Skyward Inn and The Loosening Skin, and also The Beauty, which was shortlisted for both a Shirley Jackson Award and the Otherwise Award. She lives in Sussex with her husband and daughter.
Reviews
"One of the books of the year. Superb, on every level." -Buzz Magazine
"A wonderfully alienating experience." -SFX, five star review
"Brilliant in its playful inventiveness." -The FT
"A quirky, unsettling work from one of the most original writers of speculative fiction in Britain today." -The Guardian
"The Misheard World is riveting, weird, unpredictable, and magnificent. This is Aliya Whiteley at her inimitable best." -Oliver Langmead
Book Information
ISBN 9781837866915
Author Aliya Whiteley
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Solaris
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Weight(grams) 415g
Elize Janview is a soldier, one of the few survivors of an unimaginably terrible weapon, which ended the long detente between the North and the South and plunged them back into all-out war. She enlisted with a dream of finding those responsible, of somehow getting revenge for the deaths of everyone she knew, but was posted to guard the prison at Crag, the fortress of the South, which has never fallen to the enemy.
Janview's life is transformed when a rough wooden box is delivered to Crag, holding the performer and spy Marius Mondegreen, agent of the North: the Misheard Word, who can read minds, breathe fire, and make objects appear and disappear. Janview is to witness Mondegreen's interrogation by his captor, the beautiful and cruel Allynx Syld, who promises the end of the war. As recorder - and by degrees participant - in the interrogation, Janview comes to question everything she knew about the war, and the very world she lives in...
About the Author
Aliya Whiteley is one of the most exciting talents in the UK. She is the author of six books of speculative fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlisted Skyward Inn and The Loosening Skin, and also The Beauty, which was shortlisted for both a Shirley Jackson Award and the Otherwise Award. She lives in Sussex with her husband and daughter.
Reviews
"One of the books of the year. Superb, on every level." -Buzz Magazine
"A wonderfully alienating experience." -SFX, five star review
"Brilliant in its playful inventiveness." -The FT
"A quirky, unsettling work from one of the most original writers of speculative fiction in Britain today." -The Guardian
"The Misheard World is riveting, weird, unpredictable, and magnificent. This is Aliya Whiteley at her inimitable best." -Oliver Langmead
Book Information
ISBN 9781837866915
Author Aliya Whiteley
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Solaris
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Weight(grams) 415g
