![]() ![]() Bacigalupi’s environmentally ravaged world remains both richly described and terrifying, his characters diverse and complex. Meanwhile, Tool’s creator, General Caroa, is determined to end his existence-after all, Tool has found a way to overcome his programming, and he answers to no master. He makes his way to the small ship that belongs to Mahlia, who-along with former soldier boy Ocho and his crew-is running her own operation, smuggling art and other artifacts out of the Drowned Cities. Before he can take in his victory, he’s attacked by a missile strike and barely survives. ![]() Bacigalupi’s intense and violent follow-up to Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities finds Tool-a powerful “augment” made from animal and human DNA-finally in control of the Drowned Cities (the onetime District of Columbia) after years of battle. ![]()
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