Waste Tide

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

Award-winning author Chen Qiufan''s Waste Tide is a thought-provoking vision of the future.

Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu''s Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.

Mimi is drowning in the world''s trash.

She¿s a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs ¿ are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end.

Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They''re the lifeblood of the island¿s economy, but are at the mercy of those in power.

A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppli