The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands
Hardback Published on: 20/06/2024
£16.99
Bookseller Reviews
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Incredible!
Wow what a book! I devoured this in just two days, I didn't want to put it down and I obsessed over it every second I wasn't reading it and I expect it wil... READ MORE
A great book to travel in
I rarely get to read books about trains in fiction. I’d personally argue we need more stories about trains our lives and this story definitely helps in my ... READ MORE
A beautiful and original novel.
I’m blown away by this book. Captivated by the world Sarah Brooks has created. It’s absolutely a book that grips you and keeps you wanting more.
You real... READ MORE
Steampunk-esque dystopian fantasy
I really enjoyed the premise of this book and I loved the character of Marya, although I have to say she doesn’t really do that much investigating of her f... READ MORE
A journey fuelled by suspense
Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands really impressed me with it’s clever writing and intriguing worldbuilding, while mixing together elements of S... READ MORE
A Unique New Voice in Fiction
Sarah Brooks’ debut is an imaginative, clever and altogether captivating read. Readers accompany a diverse cast of characters, the passengers and crew of t... READ MORE
Inventive, intelligent and brimming with atmosphere and richness of the imagination
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
This is an excellent novel set in an alternative Victorian England about a train journe... READ MORE
A thrilling ride into the unknown
I sped through this fantastic book because I didn't want to put it down. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands follows a train journey from Beij... READ MORE
A wonderful journey
I really enjoyed travelling the wastelands with the passengers in this book. The story itself was very well crafted, with brilliant and eclectic group of c... READ MORE
Intriguing ride with imaginative world-building
This is a slow-burn historical fantasy set on the Tran-Siberian railway at the end of the 19th century. After a previous disastrous journey, the controllin... READ MORE
A book as beguilling as the landscape it describes
Deftly straddling the precipice between weird fantasy mystery and outright horror, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands was an absolute joy to ... READ MORE
Fantastic
Equally cosy and creepy to combine the wonder and magic of the orient express with the horrors of a dangerous wilderness and questions about our relations... READ MORE
A brilliant read!
A riveting and curious tale about a grand train running through a mysterious wasteland between Beijing and Moscow. With hints of Annihilation by Jeff Vande... READ MORE
Synopsis
'It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket.'
It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing and Moscow.
Nothing touches this abandoned wilderness except the Great Trans-Siberian Express: an impenetrable train built to carry cargo across continents, but which now transports anyone who dares to cross the shadowy Wastelands.
On to the platform steps a curious cast of characters: a grieving woman with a borrowed name, a famous child born on the train and a disgraced naturalist, all heading for the Great Exhibition in Moscow.
But the old rules are changing, and there are whispers that the train isn't safe. As secrets and stories begin to unravel the passengers and crew must survive their journey through the Wastelands together, even as something uncontrollable seems to be breaking in.
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781399607537
- Number of pages: 384
- Weight: 599g
- Dimensions: 230 x 152 x 34 mm
Customer Reviews
View allFantastic journey ..
Now, fasten your seatbelts and make yourself ready for the journey of a lifetime.
It’s the end of the 19th century and you are on the magnificent Tran-S... READ MORE
Incredible and such a lot of fun
This was delightful. A steampunk fantasy about the Trans Siberian express set in an alternative Victorian world? Yes. Yes. Yes. Where do I sign up? I loved... READ MORE
Uncategorisable fantasy with an alt-history twist
In an alternate fin de siecle, the Great Trans-Siberian Express is about to set off on an extraordinary journey from Beijing to Moscow, across the recently... READ MORE
Sorry but the book was as slow as the train journey.
This book sounded fascinating and, in its way, it is but I found it a very slow read and not one that I could focus on. Interleaved it with reading other b... READ MORE
Mystical
An unusual and imaginative novel for any train traveller. Some unique characters chart the progress of this lengthy train journey as we traverse to the Gre... READ MORE
Imaginative fantasy novel
The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks is a strange and wonderfully unusual novel that takes place in Victorian times. Traveling o... READ MORE
Unique
The land between Moscow and Beijing is an untameable wilderness, known as the Wastelands. The only way to cross this deadly terrain is via the Great Trans-... READ MORE
Alternate History, Eco Horror
Welcome to my favorite debut of 2024, “The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands”.
I could not help myself thinking that Jules Verne would have bee... READ MORE
An Intriguing Journey Through A Beautiful Yet Terrifying Landscape
’They forced us to read the Wastelands as we would read a book in a lost language; a series of signs which we cannot hope to decipher.’
’The Cautious Tr... READ MORE
A slow moving train
The Great Trans-Siberian Express is traversing the Wastelands to get to the Moscow Exhibition. After the last disastrous crossing, The Company is quick to ... READ MORE
An thoroughly uncautious train ride through an uncanny realm
This book transported me in so many different realms -- across land, through mirrors, between reality and fantasy, swirling together elements of goodness a... READ MORE
A captivating journey that blends vivid world-building with a deeply engrossing narrative.
I was thoroughly enchanted by the vivid descriptions and the richly imaginative world that Brooks has crafted. The narrative is both fulfilling and leaves ... READ MORE
