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Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Books
Canelo End of Spies
Book SynopsisEurope, 1945: no longer at war but not yet at peace. The gripping finale to the bestselling Richard Prince espionage thrillers.British agent Richard Prince and the Danish spy Hanne Jakobsen come together for a vital mission: to find a Nazi war criminal responsible for the murder of fellow British agents.The hunt takes them on a perilous journey through Europe, a continent living on its nerves in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. They unearth a secret Nazi escape line funded by British traitors – and it’s one which could lead them to Hitler’s trusted deputy, Martin Bormann.But when the Americans become involved it is no longer certain who’s on which side. Help might come in unlikely places. Can justice be found against the odds… Or are they too late?An unputdownable spy thriller with a twist you won’t see coming, this is the brilliant conclusion to Alex Gerlis' masterful Richard Prince spy thrillers, perfect for fans of John le Carré and Alan Furst.Praise for End of Spies 'A page turning read, guaranteed to entertain' Evening Standard
£8.99
Saved by Story Publishing The Alchemy of The Beast
Book SynopsisI wept as time stopped, and I wept as time refused to cease.Grieving her faith, her love, and her identity, twenty-one-year-old Scarlett V. Leonelli is devastated by an unexpected tragedyone threatening to unravel her to her very core. Following a series of inexplicable synchronicities, Scarlett journeys deep into the jungle of a hidden village in Costa Rica where, far beyond the only reality she has ever known, she is forced to trust the path as it appears beneath her feet.Led by the sacred invitations in riddles of mysterious guides, romantic rendezvous, and enticing adventures, Scarlett falls into the belly of the Beast itself.Will Scarlett give in or choose to alchemize one of humanity's inevitable tragedies?The Alchemy of The Beast is the first installation of The Lionheart Chronicles, a series inspired by author Alyssa Noelle Coelho's own truth-seeking journey. Drawing upon her training in sociocultural anthropology and her own experiences as a Traveler, wrestling with the meaning of existence, love, connection, and contribution, Alyssa shines a light on the raw truths of the human condition and showcases the beauty of cultures worldwide.
£21.59
Classy Publishing Animal Farm
£15.97
Independently Published Hitler's Secret Time Machine
£10.32
HarperCollins Publishers What You Make It
Book SynopsisThe first ever collection of Michael Marshall Smith’s award-winning short stories.Trade Review‘Astonishingly distinctive short stories’Independent ‘A story telling skill that can only be described as pure genius’Venue ‘Very funny and decidedly surreal’Empire ‘No one writes better than Smith about love: how it’s won, how it’s lost. No one writes better about being wasted – by drugs, by drink, by time. Nigh-on unique’i-D
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Topics About Which I Know Nothing
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£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers SET THIS HOUSE IN ORDER
Book SynopsisA hugely inventive, hugely readable novel about two young people with Multiple Personality Disorder. 'A gripping novel of suspense that could have come from the pen of Stephen King at his best.’ Daily TelegraphTrade Review'A good old-fashioned crime novel, as readable as the most golden of golden age mysteries.' New Statesman 'Exceptional… Reading those first pages, you feel real excitement: the thump in head and heart of a captivating idea; the creepiness of a fairytale; the wonderment of coming across something which feels both original and authoritatively imagined.' Daily Telegraph 'A stunning, thrilling, deeply moving work of fiction.' PETER STRAUB, co-author of Black House 'Irresistible… utterly convincing… an odyssey of transformation and trust.' New York Times 'A stunning feat of literary craftsmanship, gripping for all of its 479 pages… Set This House in Order is pure fiction at its best.' San Francisco Chronicle 'A shockingly likable suspense story, not so much a whodunit as a whoisit… Extraordinary.' Boston Globe
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers The Map of Time
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£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Capture
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£999.99
HarperCollins Tropic of Kansas A Novel
Trade Review"Futurist as provocateur! The world is sheer bat-shit genius...a truly hallucinatorily envisioned environment." -- William Gibson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author "Tropic of Kansas is the tale of a politically desperate USA haunted by a sullen, feral teen who is Huck Finn, Conan and Tarzan. Because it's Chris Brown's own imaginary America, this extraordinary novel is probably more American than America itself will ever get." -- Bruce Sterling, award winning author of Islands in the Net and Pirate Utopia "This stunning novel of a time all too easily imaginable as our own highlights a few of the keen-voiced, brave-souled women and men who balance like subversive acrobats on society's whirling edges...Read it to burn with the joy of realistic hope." -- Nisi Shawl, Tiptree-award winning author of EVERFAIR and WRITING THE OTHER "A unique blend of Philip K. Dick, Kafka (just a smidgen), and a whole lot of Christopher Brown. Adventure novel meets political satire and the finest elements of realistic sci-fi, and it's so well written it goes down like a greased eel. It's hopeful dystopia. What a book." -- Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap and Leonard series "Tropic of Kansas is savvy political thriller meets ripping pulp adventure-a marriage made in page-turning, thought-provoking heaven. It's a vision both frighteningly prescient and already too real, and a story of valiant heart and brain up against the worst architectures of greed and power." -- Jessica Reisman, SESFA award-winning author of SUBSTRATE PHANTOMS "[A] real page turner." -- Gavin J. Grant, Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author
£12.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc After The Flood Large Print
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£23.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Actual Star
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£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Across the Sand
Book Synopsis“Hugh’s imaginative worlds and tales within them never fail to entertain!”—Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail MaryThe first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the world of Sand, to a far future many generations after a disaster has destroyed civilization as we know it, where four siblings struggle to build their futures amid the harsh wastes of endless desertThe old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes, a land of howling wind and infernal sand.In this barren home, siblings Conner, Rob, Palmer and Violet daily carve out a future. They live in the shadow of their father and oldest sister, Vic, two of the greatest sand divers ever to comb the desert’s depths. But these branches of their family tree are long gone, disappeared into
£16.99
Little, Brown & Company Feed 1 The Newsflesh Trilogy
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£14.70
Orbit The Stone Sky 3 Broken Earth
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£17.99
Orbit The Obelisk Gate 2 The Broken Earth 2
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£17.09
Little, Brown & Company The Fifth Season
Book SynopsisAt the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this intricate and extraordinary Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times)This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world''s sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. Read the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.
£17.09
Redhook The Once and Future Witches
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£17.99
Little, Brown & Company Our War
Book Synopsis On the battlefields of America, even our children will have to fight. In his most powerful novel to date, acclaimed author Craig DiLouie presents a near future in which America is entrenched in civil war. After his impeachment, the president of the United States refuses to leave office, and the country erupts into a fractured and violent war. Orphaned by the fighting and looking for a home, 10-year-old Hannah Miller joins a citizen militia in a besieged Indianapolis. In the Free Women militia, Hannah finds a makeshift family. They''ll teach her how to survive. They''ll give her hope. And they''ll show her how to use a gun. An instant classic that will join the ranks of dystopian futures that at times feel all too real. - Nicholas Sansbury Smith, USA Today Bestselling Author
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company The Broken Earth Trilogy
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£42.49
Back Bay Books The Power
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£17.09
Random House Worlds The Big Switch The War That Came Early Book Three
£15.29
Random House USA Inc Red Rising
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA TodayONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness“I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.
£23.99
Random House USA Inc The Circle
Book SynopsisHired to work for the world''s most powerful Internet company, Mae Holland questions her luck as life beyond her job grows distant, an encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, and her role at the company becomes increasingly public.
£15.30
Little, Brown Book Group The Gospel According To The Son
Book Synopsis* A literary event: one of the world's greatest novelists confronts the greatest story ever told - and in the first personTrade ReviewIt's penetration into Jesus's human heart rivals Dostoyevsky for depth and insight * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *A compellingly beautiful performance * - IRISH TIMES *His gospel is written in a direct, rather relaxed English that has an eerie, neo-Biblical dignity - the tone as a whole is quietly penetrating. -- John UpdikeHypnotically engaging * - TLS *Mailer has studied the gospels with great care, and his imaginging of Jesu s' story is both respectful and respectfully inventive. Most compelling, he has tried to make sense of Jesu s' full humanity, shrewdly giving us a son of God whose evolving unders * BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE *
£20.54
Mariner Books Classics Radio Free Albemuth
Book SynopsisA visionary alternate history of the United States filled with enough conspiracy theories to thrill the most hardened paranoid, Radio Free Albemuth is proof of Dick’s stature as our century’s greatest science fiction writer.
£14.39
MCD X Fsg Originals The Doloriad
Book Synopsis[The Doloriad] just might be what your rotten little heart deserves. J. Robert Lennon, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of Vulture''s Best Books of 2022. Winner of the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize and short-listed for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Macabre, provocative, depraved, and unforgettable, The Doloriad marks the debut of Missouri Williams, a terrifyingly original new voiceIn the wake of a mysterious environmental cataclysm that has wiped out the rest of humankind, the Matriarch, her brother, and the family descended from their incest cling to existence on the edges of a deserted city. The Matriarch, ruling with fear and force, dreams of starting humanity over again, though her children are not so certain. Together the family scavenges supplies and attempts to cultivate the poisoned earth. For entertainment, they watch old VHS tapes of a TV show in which
£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc Wild Country
Book SynopsisIn this New York Times bestselling powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side...without destroying one another.There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others.One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills—a town surrounded by the wild country. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. And a couple with four foster children—one of whom is a blood prophet—hope to find acceptance. But as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Benn
£8.99
Penguin Publishing Group Viral Nation 1
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£14.91
Random House USA Inc Dark Age
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£27.20
Random House USA Inc The Water Cure
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£14.45
Mariner Books Classics The Man in the High Castle
Book SynopsisIn this Hugo Awardwinning alternative history classic—the basis for the Amazon Original series—the United States lost World War II and was subsequently divided between the Germans in the East and the Japanese in the West. It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In this world, we meet characters like Frank Frink, a dealer of counterfeit Americana who is himself hiding his Jewish ancestry; Nobusuke Tagomi, the Japanese trade minister in San Francisco, unsure of his standing within the bureaucracy and Japan''s with Germany; and Juliana Frink, Frank''s ex-wife, who may be more important than she realizes. These seemingly disparate characters gradually realize their connections to each other just as they realize that something is not quite right about their world. And it seems as though the answers might lie with Hawthorne Abendsen, a mysterious and reclusive author, who
£15.19
Random House USA Inc Mockingbird
Book SynopsisSet in a far future in which robots run a world with a small and declining human population (San Francisco Chronicle), a haunting, dystopian vision of humanity and its last hope for survival from the bestselling author of The Queen''s GambitIn the future, the human race has ceased to progress. Granted endless leisure by widespread automation, the masses devote themselves solely to the pleasures of the here and now, to drugs that dull their senses and electronic bliss that disconnects them from reality. Theirs is a world that is without meaning or purpose, without art, children, or reading, and overseeing the bleak persistence of humanity is an intelligent machine whose only wish is to extinguish its own existence. But when two ordinary people begin to fight the system, hope for the human race glimmers in their journey as they attempt to realize the full potential of humanity.
£12.34
iUniverse Prince of Peace
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£14.61
iUniverse The Mozart Forgeries
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£20.54
iUniverse The Man Who Discovers Himself
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£12.87
iUniverse THE VAST BARBECUED WING CONSPIRACY
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£11.63
iUniverse Jaguars Mirror
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iUniverse Operation Adam
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£13.21
iUniverse A Long Way Home
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£14.62
iUniverse Temples of the Gods
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£12.64
iUniverse Blood of the Beloved
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£10.67
iUniverse The Year of the Monkey A Novel
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£9.00
iUniverse The Coffin Of James Genius
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£10.00
iUniverse The Coffin of James Genius
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£14.25
iUniverse The Mozart Forgeries
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£25.99
iUniverse Temples of the Gods
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£17.59
iUniverse Blood of the Beloved
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