The Inverted World (novel)

"The Inverted World" is a science fiction novel by Christopher Priest that explores a peculiar world where the landscape and physics are inverted, with the city and terrain shifting relative to a moving train. The story follows a cynical engineer and his colleagues as they navigate a society obsessed with maintaining a precise speed to avoid chaos, while uncovering secrets about their environment and the true nature of their world. The novel delves into themes of perception, reality, and societal control, creating a thought-provoking narrative about the boundaries of human understanding and the nature of truth.