Mi?ville, China

Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.

Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad in Beszel, a decaying city on the southeastern fringes of Europe, is assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman found by a group of teens, and his inquiry leads him into complicated negotiations with Ul Qoma, a city that shares the same physical area with Beszel, separated across time and space by the dreaded Breach.

Traveling aboard the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap finds something amidst the wreckage of another train, a treasure map showing a mythical place untouched by iron rails, which leads him on a journey of danger and excitement.

A contemporary fantasy set in present-day London finds people flocking to a British Museum exhibit of a giant squid that is stolen by magical criminals, a crime that propels young curator Billy into a supernatural underworld.

Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad in Beszel, a decaying city on the southeastern fringes of Europe, is assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman found by a group of teens, and his inquiry leads him into complicated negotiations with Ul Qoma, a city that shares the same physical area with Beszel, separated across time and space by the dreaded Breach.

Twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba discover an entrance to a strange world where they encounter killer giraffes, animated umbrellas, ghost children, and flying double-decker buses.

Twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba discover an entrance to a strange world where they encounter killer giraffes, animated umbrellas, ghost children, and flying double-decker buses.