Paolo Bacigalupi

One of the amazing feats of worldbuilding which I've encountered this year, or really in the last few years. Lev Grossman Navola is a city built on trade. Its palazzos and towers are conjured from its merchant wealth: barley and rice, flax and wool, iron and silver, arms, armies, lives and kingdoms are all traded here. And presiding over it...

One of the amazing feats of worldbuilding which I've encountered this year, or really in the last few years. Lev Grossman Navola is a city built on trade. Its palazzos and towers are conjured from its merchant wealth: barley and rice, flax and wool, iron and silver, arms, armies, lives, and kingdoms are all traded here. And presiding over it...

Water is power. The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches. When rumours of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez is sent to investigate. With a wallet full of identities and a tricked-out Tesla, Angel arrows south, hunting for...

Nailer's time is running out. He's getting too big for his work—stripping copper wire from old oil tankers—and once he's off the crew, he's on his own, stuck in a shack on the beach with no food, no money, and no way of earning his keep. He has one last chance. The thing all crew members dream about, a lucky...

In Thailand, Anderson Lake is a calorie company man working for big business. Under cover as a factory manager, he combs Bangkok's street markets in search of near-extinct foodstuffs. There he meets the Windup Girl, the beautiful and enigmatic Emiko—now abandoned to the streets. She is one of the underclass of New People, crèche-grown and bred to suit the whims...

Navola is a city built on trade. Its palazzos and towers are conjured from its merchant wealth: barley and rice, flax and wool, iron and silver, arms, armies, lives, and kingdoms are all traded here. And presiding over it all, the Regulai bank. By guile, force of arms, and the cast-iron might of their money and promises, in just three...