Green City Wars

Green City Wars

Adrian Tchaikovsky

First published 2026

8.08.0 / 10
Score out of 1025 ratingsEarly score · confidence 12%

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About the book

Down these mean streets a beast must walk... Meet Skotch. Racoon, P.I.—Yours for a few buttons as long as the job isn't too illegal, whatever that means. A mouse has gone missing. Normally this wouldn't raise any hackles, nor any alarms, but this mouse has something that everyone seems to want, though nobody appears particularly eager to say what that something is. The fee is good—perhaps too good. Certainly not something Skotch can easily turn down. If only Skotch can work out where the mouse is hiding, what he's hiding, and why his secrets are upsetting a lot of animals caught up in the Green City wars.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.9 across 25 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 12% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.925 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “Humans have created an eco-friendly utopia for themselves; all they need to sustain it is an underclass of genetically engineered animals to do all the work. Skotch, a raccoon and PI, has been hired to find a mouse who may be able to upend the entire system. Whoever decided to market this as "Philip Marlowe meets Redwall" is only half right: the world of Green City Wars has more in common with the horrors of The Island of Doctor Moreau than with Redwall Abbey. Tchaikovsky has, once again, created an incredibly complex world that looks at real world issues: treatment of vulnerable groups, cl…”

    ★ 3.5/5amanda4242 on Hardcover

  • “This was a great book! This author is one of my favorites and I was excited to win this ARC. The plot was very imaginative and believable at the same time. The characters were well written and enjoyable.”

    ★ 5/5Sharon327 on Hardcover

Frequently asked

What is Green City Wars rated?

8.0 out of 10, from 25 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.

Is Green City Wars worth reading?

Readers give it 8.0/10 from 25 ratings in open sources.