Venomous Lumpsucker

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The near future. With tens of thousands of species dying out every year, our last hope is the biobanks, impregnable vaults where their remnants can be preserved forever. Until one day an audacious cyberattack obliterates every single one. In the aftermath, a troubled conservationist and a crooked mining exec must team up in search of the venomous lumpsucker, a lost fish that they both desperately need to save. Together, they pursue it through the weird landscapes of the 2030s – a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the Baltic Sea; the dangerous hinterlands of a totalitarian state. And the further they go, the deeper they’re drawn into the mystery of the attack on the biobanks. Who was behind it? And why would anyone do such a thing?

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*SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR*

‘A novel that delights, dazzles and moves in equal measure’ Financial Times


‘Brutally satirical and grimly hilarious’ Daily Mail

The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have just gone extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody really cares, either. Except for two people.

Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish is gone for good, and biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don’t trust each other an inch, but they’re left with no choice but to team up in search of the lumpsucker. And as they journey across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe – a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the Baltic Sea; the lethal hinterlands of a totalitarian state – they’re drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.

‘A laugh-out-loud novel about mass extinction (yes, really)’ Sunday Times

‘Confirms his reputation as one of the foremost satirists of his generation’ The Times

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Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 2.4 cm
Book_author

Beauman, Ned

Publisher

Sceptre

Imprint

Sceptre

Cover

Paperback

Pages

294

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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