A dystopian steampunk novel with a hint of ‘Hunger Games’ It starts with her parents’ conversation at the breakfast table, when the letter was missing from every word her parents said.

Gemma Fowler’s new sci-fi novel, City of Rust, is set in a dystopian world where Earth is overrun with junk and waste. Rich countries have paid underdeveloped ones to take their rubbish away, to ...