The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library,a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand express trainabout a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape 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 the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Expressa train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengerseager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train’s last journeysomething went horribly wrongthough no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiweiwho has spent her life onboard and thought she knew all of the trainΓÇÖs secrets. Nowthe train is about to embark againwith a new set of passengers. Among them are Marya Petrovnaa grieving woman with a borrowed name; Henry Greya disgraced naturalist looking for redemption; and Elenaa beguiling stowaway with a powerful connection to the Wastelands itself. Weiwei knows she should report Elenabut she canΓÇÖt help but be drawn to her. As the girls begin a forbidden friendshipthere are warning signs that the rules of the Wastelands are changingand the train might once again be imperiled. Can the passengers trust each otheras the wildness outside threatens to consume them all?