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The Scar by China Miéville

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In The Scar, did you enjoy ...

... the intricate, immersive worldbuilding?

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

If you loved the bizarre, teeming city of Armada with its living ships and eerie sea monsters in The Scar, you'll be transfixed by the sprawling, monstrous metropolis of New Crobuzon in Perdido Street Station. Miéville crafts a world overflowing with strange races (khepri, cactacae, vodyanoi), arcane science, and political undercurrents—each alley and rooftop humming with grotesque beauty and danger.

... morally grey protagonists navigating schemes and betrayals?

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

If you were drawn to Bellis Coldwine and the ragtag crew of The Scar—each balancing personal ambition with questionable loyalties—you'll revel in the adventures of Locke Lamora and his fellow Gentlemen Bastards. Their cons and heists in the corrupt city of Camorr are riddled with double-crosses, shifting alliances, and ethical ambiguity that keeps you guessing where their true loyalties really lie.

... the labyrinthine political intrigue?

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

If the backroom deals, shifting allegiances, and Machiavellian plots on Armada's floating city enthralled you in The Scar, you'll be riveted by Baru Cormorant's rise through the ranks of a colonial empire. Every chapter is thick with strategy, betrayal, and high-stakes manipulation as Baru navigates a world where trust is a liability.

... an ensemble cast of richly drawn, intersecting lives?

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

If the interplay between the diverse outcasts and schemers aboard the floating city of Armada in The Scar captured your imagination, you'll be swept up by the intersecting stories of Chava, Ahmad, and the vibrant immigrant communities of 1899 New York. Their intertwining fates and contrasting mythologies create a tapestry as colorful and complex as any of Miéville's creations.

... the epic, ocean-spanning quest?

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

If you enjoyed the sense of a perilous journey across strange seas and lands in The Scar, Tigana offers another sweeping voyage where characters are driven by the need to reclaim a lost homeland. Kay's tale is rich with peril, shifting alliances, and the weight of history—an odyssey as grand and emotionally resonant as Miéville's.

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