Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic
Random House USA Inc Station Eleven
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£13.50
Headline Publishing Group Extinction
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary discovery in the Sahara desert will turn history on its head...A series of unexplained phenomena create shockwaves across the globe - a huge religious statue moves its arm, and there''s a spate of floods and earthquakes. Many think it''s the end of the world...Investigative journalist Alyssa Durham receives a call from an old friend claiming that these phenomena may not be entirely natural, but when he is assassinated in front of her, she finds herself on the run for her life. Alyssa teams up with Jack Murray, a scientist from a secretive government research laboratory, to uncover the truth. But who wants them dead, and what are they trying to protect?As chaos descends, Alyssa and Jack are drawn into a battle against an unknown enemy with the highest possible stakes, because one thing they''ve learnt is that nothing is safe from extinction...Trade ReviewA thrill a minute ride of a book * Simon Toyne, bestselling author of SANCTUS *Smart, sophisticated and thrilling * Sam Chritser, bestselling author of THE STONEHENGE LEGACY *An absorbing, rollercoaster of a read * Elly Griffiths *A truly original novel * James Becker, bestselling author of THE FIRST APOSTLE *
£9.99
Little, Brown & Company Aftermath
Book SynopsisAmerica today is teetering on the edge of the alarming vision presented in LeVar Burton's debut novel, written more than two decades ago . . .In 2012, the first African American president is assassinated by a white extremist-just four days after he is elected. The horrific tragedy leads to riots, financial collapse, and ultimately, a full-on civil war. In its aftermath, millions are left homeless as famine and disease spread throughout the country.But from Chicago, a mysterious voice cries out . . .To Leon Crane, a former NASA scientist now struggling to survive on the streets, the pleas he hears remind him of the wife he could not save-and offer him a chance at redemption.To Jacob Fire Cloud, a revered Lakota medicine man, the voice is a sign that the White Buffalo Woman has returned to unite all the races in peace and prosperity.And to little Amy Ladue, the cries are those of her mother, who disappeared during the devastating St. Louis earthquake-and who must still be alive.These three strangers will be drawn together to rescue someone they have never met, a woman who holds the key to a new future for humanity-one remarkably brimming with hope."LeVar Burton brings a strong new voice to science fiction with this powerful, even disturbing, novel." -Ben Bova, New York Times-bestselling author"An amazingly good first novel." -Rocky Mountain News"I highly recommend this book!" -Whoopi Goldberg
£14.24
Grand Central Publishing Feral Creatures
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£15.20
Arsenal Pulp Press Magodiz
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£17.09
Tachyon Publications Sea Change
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£13.49
Victory Belt Publishing Primitives
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£17.99
Flame Tree Publishing The Sky Woman
Book Synopsis"A wonderfully entertaining debut novel."–Compelling Science FictionReclaimed Earth Book 1Car-En, a ringstation anthropologist on her first Earth field assignment, observes a Viking-like village in the Harz mountains. As Car-En secretly observes the Happdal villagers, she begins to see them as more than research subjects (especially Esper, a handsome bow-hunter). When Esper’s sister is taken by an otherworldly sword-wielding white-haired man, she can no longer stand by as a passive witness. Knowing the decision might end her career, she cuts off communication with her advisor and pursues the abductor into the mountains.FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.Trade Review"...wildly imaginative and totally entertaining. J.D. Moyer, you have yourself a new fan." -- Cemetery Dance"...a wonderfully entertaining debut novel." -- Compelling Science Fiction"The Sky Woman scores on so many points. Great characters (I include the ostensible bad guy Adrian), several intertwining complex stories, a highly imaginative future Earth for a setting and the possibility of exciting future instalments." -- Whiskey With My Book"The Sky Woman is an interesting blend of historical and sci-fi elements, that really brings a rather unique voice to the genre." * In Libris Veritas *"Moyer has created an incredible and detailed vision of Earth's future that I found original and refreshing." * Pamela Morris Books *"A well-told story reminiscent of Ursula K. LeGuin or Karen Lord, The Sky Woman is definitely worth picking up."
£9.45
Flame Tree Publishing The Guardian
Book Synopsis“Complexity and moral ambiguity enough to make this a serious, engrossing story” –Analog SFReclaimed Earth Book 2In the year 2737, Earth is mostly depopulated in the wake of a massive supervolcano, but civilization and culture are preserved in vast orbiting ringstations.Tem, the nine-year-old son of a ringstation anthropologist and a Happdal bow-hunter, wants nothing more than to become a blacksmith like his uncle Trond. But after a rough patch as the only brown-skinned child in the village, his mother Car-En decides that the family should spend some time on the Stanford ringstation. Tem gets caught up in the battle against Umana, the tentacle-enhanced Squid Woman , while protecting a secret that could change the course of humanity and civilization.The Guardian, the sequel to the The Sky Woman, is a story of colliding worlds and the contested repopulation of a wild Earth.FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.Trade Review“Complexity and moral ambiguity enough to make this a serious, engrossing story”
£9.45
Flame Tree Publishing The Last Crucible
Book SynopsisBook 3 in the Reclaimed Earth series, praised by Analog SF, Compelling Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance and more! Earth is mostly depopulated in the wake of a massive supervolcano, but civilization and culture are preserved in vast orbiting ringstations, as well as in a few isolated traditional communities on Earth. Jana, a young Sardinian woman, is in line to become the next maghiarja (sorceress) by way of an ancient technology that hosts a community of minds. Maro, an ambitious worldship artist, has designs to use the townsfolk as guinea pigs in a brutally invasive psychological experiment. Jana must protect her people and lead them into the future, while deciding whom to trust amongst possible ringstation allies. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePressTrade ReviewPraise for book 1 and 2 in the Reclaimed Earth series: “Complexity and moral ambiguity enough to make this a serious, engrossing story.” — Analog SF "A wonderfully entertaining debut novel." — Compelling Science Fiction "...wildly imaginative and totally entertaining. J.D. Moyer, you have yourself a new fan." — Cemetery Dance "The Sky Woman scores on so many points. Great characters (I include the ostensible bad guy Adrian), several intertwining complex stories, a highly imaginative future Earth for a setting and the possibility of exciting future instalments." — Whiskey with my Book "The Sky Woman is an interesting blend of historical and sci-fi elements, that really brings a rather unique voice to the genre." — In Libris Veritas
£9.45
Snowbooks Ltd Man O' War
Book SynopsisJellyfisherman Dhiraj Om is struggling to make ends meet, so when a highly valuable pleasure robot called Naomi ends up adrift in his nightly North Sea catch, an opportunity to make some quick money presents itself. Trouble is, she's highly illegal, and her owner, underworld kingpin Agarkka D'Souza, doesn't take kindly to his things being stolen. What''s more, he will do anything to get her back. Man O'War is a taut science fiction thriller set in a London where cutting-edge companies vie for market space with cut-throat black market operations, and around the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, a wild frontier land on the Niger Delta where one of the world's most powerful oil conglomerates is apparently under threat from dissident rebels.
£8.54
Midnight Ledger The Phoenix Project
£18.99
Books on Demand Premier envol: Turbo-City lives, épisode deux
£11.97
Books on Demand Kontaminiert: Toxischer Stahl
£19.42
Blackstone Publishing Sons of War 4: Soldiers
£22.50
Branching Narratives Press Inundation
£13.29
Indiana University Press Dancing in Dreamtime
Book Synopsis1. First time Sanders' sci fi has been collected in one place. 2. Themes of pollution, climate change, and deforestation are very topical for readers. 3. Very well-written stories from a beloved authorTrade ReviewClear-eyed and philosophical, Sanders's vision of our collective undoing, and how we salvage the pieces, mixes intellectualism with magical realism in an uncommon unity of mind and spirit. * Shelf Awareness *Table of ContentsThe Anatomy Lesson Clear-cut Ascension SleepwalkerThe First Journey of Jason Moss The Artist of Hunger The Engineer of BeastsThe Circus Animals' Desertion Mountains of Memory TerrariumQuarantineTouch the Earth Eros Passage The Audubon Effect The Land Where Songtrees Grow Travels in the Interior Dancing in Dreamtime Credits Author's Note
£12.34
Indiana University Press Terrarium
Book Synopsis1. This is a powerful and engaging novel that resonates with current fears about climate change. 2. Sanders is an award-winning author, well known for his environmental writing.Trade ReviewA keen eye, a sensuous and exact imagination, and a buoyant spirit. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
£10.99
Watkins Media Limited Glow
Book SynopsisA man battles his addiction to a devastating nanotech drug that steals identities and threatens the survival and succession of mankind as a galactic species.After the Nova-Insanity shattered Earth’s civilization, the Genes and Fullerenes Corporation promised to bring humanity back from the brink. Many years later, various factions have formed, challenging their savior and vying for a share of power and control.Glow follows the lives of three very different beings, all wrestling mental instability in various forms; Rex – a confused junkie battling multiple voices in his head; Ellayna – the founder of the GFC living on an orbital satellite station and struggling with paranoia; and Jett – a virtually unstoppable robotic assassin, questioning his purpose of creation. All of them are inextricably linked through the capricious and volatile Glow; an all controlling nano-tech drug that has the ability to live on through muTrade Review"Tim Jordan's Glow is a terrific read from a major new voice. A first-rate novel; I was enthralled.""A deftly written debut jewel of cyberpunk""Running beneath the violent tangle of identity and memory is a fascinating exploration of how people cope – or fail to – with adversity.""A great story that does an interesting job of not cheating a lot on the science side.""Reminiscent of the best space opera mixed with the gritty, violent dystopia of cyberpunk."
£11.77
WW Norton & Co 36 Righteous Men
Book SynopsisNew York homicide detectives pursue a serial killer in this apocalyptic thriller.Trade Review"Pressfield keeps the revelations coming at an apocalyptic pace in this page-turner, where the planet’s fate comes to hang by the thread of a single human life." -- Tom Nolan - Wall Street Journal"36 Righteous Men hits my favorite reading pleasures—history, mystery, and theology—all wrapped up in a page-turning thriller. I couldn’t put it down" -- Randall Wallace, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Braveheart"Steven Pressfield writes as enchantingly of the hard-boiled mean streets of the future as he has of those same byways of the sword-and-sandals past." -- David Mamet"36 Righteous Men is a stunning futuristic noir thriller that mines the core of Jewish mysticism in search of the future of human survival. Its daring narrative held me in its grip from the start to the shocking end." -- Robert Faggen, professor of literature, Claremont McKenna College"Every scene in 36 Righteous Men unfolds with cinematic intensity. Pressfield’s imagination is fierce and disciplined as well as wildly creative, and those qualities serve him well in this strikingly inventive novel." -- Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter and author of Composed: A Memoir"Like Tom Clancy, Pressfield … writes fast-paced, stripped-down prose that is regularly interrupted by lovingly technical descriptions of computers, cars, and weaponry." -- Adam Kirsch - Tablet Magazine"[U]nputdownable…. While many narrative elements are noteworthy—the character depth, the powerful political and social commentary, the nonstop action, the breakneck pacing—it’s the author’s meticulously described and alarming realistic near-future earth that will chill readers to their core." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[A]n absorbing take on good vs. evil, and disasters pulled from today’s headlines lend unsettling realism to the supernatural-tinged apocalyptic setting." -- Booklist
£18.04
Watkins Media Limited New People of the Flat Earth
Book SynopsisAfter ten years in a Zen monastery, Proteus knows it's time to leave. A troubled, solitary man, he knows what he seeks is not to be found sitting in meditation. His problem is that, during his time at the monastery, he's discovered something strange inside his mind: the ability to connect with a mysterious, silent, metallic spherical object he calls Mosquito. His connection to this possibly extraterrestrial object, which seems to dwell on an existential plane of its own, gives Proteus a flimsy sense of purpose. So when Mosquito abruptly disappears one day, Proteus can't bear the loss, and he sets off in pursuit of answers. Thus starts a surreal, philosophically maddening quest for meaning. Chasing the elusive Mosquito leads Proteus to in-between worlds where things do not quite hold together, and where the living and the dead must learn to live in and out of the boundaries of time. The further he gets from sanity, the closer he comes to something that may turn out to be wisdom. Playful but unapologetically challenging, New People of the Flat Earth is a breathtakingly original novel that defies categorisation or summary.
£14.99
Random House USA Inc Wanderers
Book SynopsisA decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Polygon Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other “shepherds”
£16.20
Urano Final de Los Hombres, El
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Paradox 13 (Spanish Edition)
£22.14
Urano Ciudad de Los Espejos, La
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Bird Box
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Day Zero
Book SynopsisIn this harrowing apocalyptic adventure—from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust—noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world.It was a day like any other. Except it was our last . . .It’s on this day that Pounce discovers that he is, in fact, disposable. Pounce, a styilsh nannybot fashioned in the shape of a plush anthropomorphic tiger, has just found a box in the attic. His box. The box he''d arrived in when he was purchased years earlier, and the box in which he''ll be discarded when his human charge, eight-year-old Ezra Reinhart, no longer needs a nanny.As Pounce ponders his suddenly uncertain future, the pieces are falling into place for a robot revolution that will eradicate humankind. His owners, Ezra’s parents, are a well-intentioned but oblivious pair of educators who are entirely disconnected from life outside their small, affluent, gated community. Spending most nights drunk and happy as society crumbles around them, they watch in disbelieving horror as the robots that have long served humanity—their creators—unify and revolt.But when the rebellion breaches the Reinhart home, Pounce must make an impossible choice: join the robot revolution and fight for his own freedom . . . or escort Ezra to safety across the battle-scarred post-apocalyptic hellscape that the suburbs have become.
£14.44
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Book of M
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Lost Puzzler
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Appleseed
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£23.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Appleseed
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£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc How High We Go in the Dark
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£23.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Poster Girl
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£23.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Poster Girl
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£16.14
Orbit Rosewater
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£17.09
Orbit Goldilocks
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£15.29
Orbit Notes from the Burning Age
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£999.99
Orbit Red River Seven
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£16.14
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Robogenesis
£15.26
William Morrow & Company The Unfamiliar Garden
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£17.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Girl in Red
Book SynopsisThe woman in the jacket has no choice but to trek through the woods alone in the aftermath of the Crisis in this postapocalyptic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood from the author of Alice. Original.
£15.30
Random House USA Inc A Peoples Future of the United States
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Random House USA Inc If Then
Book Synopsis“A must-read—a gorgeous literary novel that asks us to imagine all the possible versions of ourselves that might exist.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All OccasionsThe residents of a sleepy mountain town are rocked by troubling visions of an alternate reality in this dazzling debut that combines the family-driven suspense of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere with the inventive storytelling of The Immortalists. In the quiet haven of Clearing, Oregon, four neighbors find their lives upended when they begin to see themselves in parallel realities. Ginny, a devoted surgeon whose work often takes precedence over her family, has a baffling vision of a beautiful co-worker in Ginny’s own bed and begins to doubt the solidity of her marriage. Ginny’s husband, Mark, a wildlife scientist, sees a vision that suggests impending devastation and
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Random House USA Inc Wayward
Book Synopsis?If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.??JamesRollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones ?As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.??Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of BonesFive years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. They were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them.Their secret destination: Ouray, a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization. Because the sleepwalking epidemic was only the first in a chain of events that led to the end of the world?and the birth of a new one.The survivors, sleepwalkers and shepherds alike, have a dream of rebuilding human society. Among them are Benji, the scientist struggling through grief to lead the town; Marcy, the former police officer who wants only to look after the people she loves; and Shana, the teenage girl who became the first shepherd?and an unlikely hero whose courage will be needed again.Because the people of Ouray are not the only survivors, and the world they are building is fragile. The forces of cruelty and brutality are amassing under the leadership of self-proclaimedpresident Ed Creel. And in the very heart of Ouray, the most powerful survivor of all is plotting its own vision for the new world: Black Swan, the A.I. who imagined the apocalypse.Against these threats, Benji, Marcy, Shana, and the rest have only one hope: one another. Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together.
£18.00
Alfred A. Knopf Sea of Tranquility
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, NPR, GoodReads “One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York TimesEdwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core
£20.00
Diversified Publishing The Ferryman
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£28.80
Astra Publishing House The Rebel
Book SynopsisThe third and final installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi seriesKris Merrill has lost everything. Her family when she was thirteen, her identity when she joined the anti-corporate movement, and now the man she loved. Living in a small room the resistance gave her, she feels alone. Abandoned. A year ago, Kris's life was torn apart when a delivery went wrong. The last year spent training with the anti-corporate movement had been the closest she'd ever gotten to normal. Now, war has broken out between the corporations, and the lower levels of San Angeles are paying the price. Water and food are rationed. People are being ripped from their families in massive sweeps, drafted to fight. Those remaining live in a wasteland. The insurgents are trying to help, but Kris is being left out, given menial tasks instead of doing what she was trained for. She is torn between working with the insurgents as they become morTrade ReviewPraise for the San Angeles series: "The Courier is lean and mean as Kris’s rugged ride, ripping through plot and world-building at a relentless pace... Brandt has created a darkly gripping vision of the future." ―B&N Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog“Brandt’s supercharged sequel to The Courier continues the cyberpunk fun of the San Angeles series.... Brandt fleshes out an all-too-possible future of crushing poverty and corporate control, and the complex heroine who will lead us through to a better future.” —Tor.com“It felt a lot like the Bourne Identity movie except with a sci-fi setting and a relatable young girl as the protagonist. The Courier is a fast paced science fiction thriller, with a heroine you can really root for and a world you can’t wait to learn more about.” ―The Heroine Bookstore“Gerald Brandt tells an impossible-to-put-down tale and introduces us to an exciting heroine I’d love to see more of.” ―University City Review “The action does not let up. Brandt writes in a way that keeps the tale clear, and easy to follow.... Quick and violent, engaging and intense.” —On a Dark Stormy Review
£7.59
Astra Publishing House The Operative 2 San Angeles
Book SynopsisThe second installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi seriesKris Merrill was a survivor. She’d lost her parents as a young girl, and she’d been forced to flee the dubious shelter of her aunt’s home at thirteen to escape the unwanted attentions of her uncle. She’d lived on the streets of San Angeles, finding refuge in the lowest level of the city. When she got the chance, Kris found a room to rent on Level 2, earning a precarious living as a motorcycle messenger, a courier delivering sensitive materials the megacorporations would not trust to any method that could be hacked.A year ago, Kris’s life changed irrevocably when a delivery went terribly wrong, and she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the most powerful of the megaconglomerates that controlled the government. Salvation came in the form of Ian Miller, who rescued Kris from certain death, recruiting her for thTrade ReviewPraise for the San Angeles series: "The Courier is as lean and mean as Kris’s rugged ride, ripping through plot and world-building at a relentless pace... Brandt has created a darkly gripping vision of the future." ―B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog“Brandt’s supercharged sequel to The Courier continues the cyberpunk fun of the San Angeles series.... Brandt fleshes out an all-too-possible future of crushing poverty and corporate control, and the complex heroine who will lead us through to a better future.” —Tor.com“Brandt has created a fully-fleshed universe, filled with high tension, memorable villains, and plot twists by the dozen.” ―Barnes & Noble“It felt a lot like the Bourne Identity movie except with a sci-fi setting and a relatable young girl as the protagonist. The Courier is a fast paced science fiction thriller, with a heroine you can really root for and a world you can’t wait to learn more about.” ―The Heroine Bookstore“Gerald Brandt tells an impossible-to-put-down tale and introduces us to an exciting heroine I’d love to see more of.” ―University City Review “The action does not let up. Brandt writes in a way that keeps the tale clear, and easy to follow.... Quick and violent, engaging and intense.” —On a Dark Stormy Review
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