JO SPURRIER Black Sun Light My Way: Children of the Black Sun, Book Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The second volume of this epic fantasy is a clever and engrossing tale exploring cruelty, enslavement, magic and power. In …
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STEPHEN BAXTER Proxima. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Alien technology, interplanetary travel, Artificial Intelligence and the origin of the universe are among the many ideas explored in this …
HUGH HOWEY Dust. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
A huge and occasionally chaotic canvas does not diminish the achievement of this dystopian trilogy. Dust is the long-awaited conclusion …
SAMANTHA SHANNON The Bone Season. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The Bone Season offers a parallel future of clairvoyants and alien races in a complex and vibrant thriller. This is …
TERRY PRATCHETT and STEPHEN BAXTER The Long War. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Humans, trolls, bad governments and parallel worlds: Pratchett and Baxter offer a rich cast of characters and provocative ideas in …
MAX BARRY Lexicon. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
This is fiction on the edge of the now – a contemporary thriller that moves backwards and forwards in time. Wil …
EMMA NEWMAN Any Other Name: Book Two of The Split Worlds. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Mirrored worlds of urban and traditional fantasy meet in this richly intriguing and inventive series. In all good fantasy it …
M JOHN HARRISON Light: Book One of the Kefahuchi Tract. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Hallucinatory, worldly and entertaining science fiction with a lot to say about the human condition. Michael Kearny is a particle …
DUNCAN LAY Valley of Shields: Empire of Bones Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
This fast-paced epic fantasy has plenty of Machiavellian twists and poses some deeper questions. Book Two of Duncan Lay’s Empire …
LAUREN BEUKES The Shining Girls. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
This intriguing and original time-travelling thriller is not for the faint-hearted. Lauren Beukes is known for her genre-bending. Her first …
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