A Guardian Science Fiction Book of the Year. Mimi is drowning in the world's trash. She's a
'waste girl' a scavenger picking through towering heaps of hazardous electronic detritus.
Along with thousands of other migrant workers she was lured to Silicon Isle off the southern
coast of China by the promise of steady work and a better life. But Silicon Isle is where
the rotten fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to their toxic end. The land is
hopelessly polluted the workers utterly at the mercy of those in power. And now a storm is
gathering as ruthless local gangs skirmish for control eco-terrorists conspire investors
hunger for profit and a Chinese-American interpreter searches for his roots. As these forces
collide conflict erupts - a war between rich and poor a battle between past and future . Mimi
must decide if she will remain a pawn... or change the rules of the game altogether. 'An
accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul' DAVID MITCHELL. ' Waste Tide is a work
of spoiled and toxic beauty... It's more than a timely eco-thriller it's a dark mirror held up
to our selves' SIMON INGS.
