Both are unwanted flotsam in this war-torn world. Through the jungles and swamps of a future world of flooded cities and chaos a ragtag army pursues him.but he is a survivor, and even weakened by wounds that would have killed a lesser creature, he escapes.Īnd is found by two children, Mahlia and Mouse. Half-men like himself are supposed to lose their will to live when their master dies, and they are the last of their pack, but Tool is different. Tool, a human/animal hybrid, bred for war, has broken free of his captors. The Drowned Cities (Little Brown, YA, 2012) takes place before the events of Ship Breaker. There is clearly more of his story to tell-I hope it plays a large part in the sequel, coming out sometime next year."Īnd lo, the sequel (or rather, the prequel) is out, and Tool is a central character! And it was good. In my review of Ship Breakers, by Paolo Bacigalupi, I said that ".the main reason I kept reading was Tool-an utterly fascinating character who is the most science-fictiony part of the book, what with being a product of genetic manipulation.
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