ROUSE

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 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 author of The City & The City You can t talk about Miéville without using the word brilliant Ursula K Le Guin One of the most interesting and freakishly