The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands

It is the end of the nineteenth century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands : a terrain of terrible miracles stretching between Beijing and Moscow. With strange skies and blooming spores, the Wastelands are not safe for humankind, crossed only by the Great Trans-Siberian Express. Onto the train platform steps a curious cast of characters. But there are whispers that the train isn't safe - and now a grieving woman with a borrowed name, a famous child born on the train and a disgraced naturalist must survive their journey together, even as something uncontrollable seems to be breaking in ...