The long-awaited magnum opus, twenty years in the making, from one of the world's most lauded living SF authors.

'Completely without parallel' – Michael Moorcock, author of The Dancers at the End of Time
'A magisterial wonder' – Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World
'An extraordinary tour de force' – Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time
'Every page feels alive' – Xiaolu Guo, author of Call Me Ishmaelle
'A monster of a book in every sense' - Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill

From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.

Maur’s life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise . . . Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur’s obsessions – and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.

So begins The Rouse, a masterpiece unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of the bloody twentieth century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets – and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.

Praise for China Miéville, The Rouse:

'[An] incredibly ambitious combination of history and the supernatural . . . fans will not be disappointed' - Publishers Weekly
'Miéville has been allowed full, free rein in this new work of eldritch dead and haunting dread' - Booklist
'A smartly imagined, genre-bending story that readers may find all too real' - Kirkus Reviews
'Miéville is back . . . you never want it to end: you want it never to end' - Boston Review

"[An] incredibly ambitious combination of history and the supernatural . . . Miéville renders the winding, complex plot that ties these two characters together in characteristically robust prose and provides a satisfying ending for readers who persevere. Fans will not be disappointed" - Publishers Weekly

"Miéville is back . . . [The Rouse] is a book of the dead and the superpositioned living. A lament configuration that grieves and is aghast. It is monumental and exhaustive yet concise . . . you never want it to end: you want it never to end" - Boston Review

"China Miéville is one of our great contemporary writers, master of the weird and author of masterpieces" - New Scientist

"Miéville has been allowed full, free rein in this new work of eldritch dead and haunting dread" - Booklist

"A smartly imagined, genre-bending story that readers may find all too real" - Kirkus Reviews