Burgess, Melvin.

Bloodtide / Melvin Burgess. - London, Eng. : Penguin Books, 2001, c1999. - 368 p. ; 22 cm.

First published by Andersen Press, 1999.

Set in a frighteningly realistic ravaged London in the near future, two rival gangs, the Volsons and the Connors struggle for control of the City, which is now surrounded by the halfman lands-- a desolate place populated by creatures called halfmen who were the result of genetic experiments to create living, killing machines. The story is a futuristic take on the Icelandic Volsung Saga.

ISBN: 0141306890 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Dystopias.