Railhead
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By Philip Reeve (, Devon, UK)
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Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017!
Step Aboard – the Universe is Waiting.
The Great Network is a place of drones and androids, Hive Monks and Station Angels. The place of the thousand gates, where sentient trains criss-cross the galaxy in a heartbeat.
It is also a place of great dangers – especially for someone who rides the rails and rides his luck the way Zen Starling does.
Once Zen was just a petty thief, stealing to support his family and living by his wits. Now everything has changed. Zen is still a thief – but it could be that the key to the whole universe rests on finding out what else he is . . .
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Excellent read with its complex world building, sci-fi futuristic feel!
A sci-fi story for teenagers set in a very distant future where people travel to different galaxies and visit unusual worlds. A petty thief Zen get involved in the events that will change not just his life, but the existence of the whole empire.
