A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
Award-winning author Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide is a thought-provoking
vision of the future.
Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The
Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.
Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.
She's a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell
phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs -- are sent to be recycled.
These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On
this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and
consumer culture come to a toxic end.
Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to
Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're
the lifeblood of the island's economy, but are at the mercy of those in
power.
A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control.
Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors,
hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his
roots.
As these forces collide, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor;
between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity's past and its
future.
Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this
war or change the rules of the game altogether.
"An accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul as well as
brain. Chen Qiufan is an astute observer, both of the present world
and of the future that the next generation is in danger of
inheriting." - David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author
of Cloud Atlas
