Historical Fiction
Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
2024·336 pages
In a steampunk alternate history, passengers on a luxurious train cross the perilous Wastelands, a mutated wilderness teeming with unnatural dangers.
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In a steampunk alternate history, passengers on a luxurious train cross the perilous Wastelands, a mutated wilderness teeming with unnatural dangers.
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INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a STUNNING HISTORICAL FANTASY set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a MAGICAL LANDSCAPE “BREATHTAKING...Abounding with mysteries and marvels.” —Samantha Shannon, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of The Priory of the Orange Tree It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket. There is only one way to travel across th...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor fade-to-black romance implied in a forbidden friendship; no explicit scenes.
Violence & gore
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Moderate horror elements with creepy creatures and threats of consumption; some deaths and medical peril depicted.
Profanity
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No profanity present.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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Minor uncanny and mimicry elements in the wasteland's unnatural phenomena; no rituals or summoning.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Central themes critiquing capitalism, empire, and environmental exploitation through allegory and world-building.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Brief depictions of grief and suffering from wasteland perils; no abuse or cruelty shown.
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