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Bloodtide

Author: Melvin Burgess

Publisher: Andersen Press

Bloodtide is set in a gloomy, violent London of the future. Two rival gangs are struggling for control of the desolate city, which is surrounded by the halfman lands - a desolate place populated by genetically-altered humans. In an attempt to seal a truce between the gangs, Val Volson gives his daughter as a bride to Conor...

This shocking and brutal novel is not for the faint-hearted, with its chilling portrayal of a bleak future, but Burgess's storytelling prowess is undeniable.

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