The floating houses remind me of China Miéville's novel The Scar, with a floating movable city constructed from thousands of ships lashed together. https://en.

The floating houses remind me of China Miéville's novel The Scar, with a floating movable city constructed from thousands of ships lashed together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scar