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And to the east a small band of malefactors travel to the edge of the world to reclaim a device from history - a Seed

Nineteen hours into the flight

London's very own tropical rainforest

' - James Holland 'A proper page-turner

Guardian and Big Issue 2023 Fiction Pick Idiot

Sea of Poppies fiction 25 And to the east aShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 'Sea of Poppies boasts a varied collection of characters to love and hate, and provides wonderfully detailed descriptions . . . utterly involving and piles on tension until the very last page' Sunday Times At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways,