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Titan Books Ltd Robotech - The Macross Saga: Battlecry, Vol 1-3
Book SynopsisThree ROBOTECH novels for the price of one. Genesis, Battle Cry, and Homecoming from the Macross Saga collected together in one neat volume. GENESIS The Global Civil War was about to make Humankind extinct, when the stupendous Super Dimensional Fortress, dispatched to Earth by a dying alien genius, changed all that forever. Humanity's only hope lay in a corps of untried young men and women gifted with powers they didn't fully understand. Then the most feared conquerors in the universe attacked, determined to destroy them for no reason they could comprehend. BATTLE CRY Henry J. Global is in command of the Super Dimensional Fortress. But a massive enemy force led by Khyron the Backstabber is hot on his trail... HOMECOMING For over a year, the humans aboard the Super Dimensional Fortress fought and eluded a millions-strong armada of alien warships. Now the SDF-1 would have to slug her way through the massed enemy fleet to return to blue-white Terra. But villains come in human form as well as alien 6 and the evil of power-hungry men may be the most lethal threat of all...
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Little, Brown & Company 86--EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 12 (light novel)
Book SynopsisThe Republic's evacuation resulted in massive casualties on both sides, and the fallout takes a toll on everyone. As Shin muses on what it means to be a leader, Lena thinks of her homeland, now lost to her forever. Frederica, too, is dismayed by her own powerlessness as the ill-fated Empire's last Empress—she'll have to change if she wants to survive. Meanwhile, discontent is brewing within the Empire, and a few disaffected squadrons, desperate to reverse the state of the war, reach for a dangerous miracle...?
£12.34
Titan Books Ltd The Rift
Book SynopsisSelena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them.There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. It will be twenty years before Selena sees her again. When Julie reappears, she tells Selena an incredible story about how she has spent time on another planet. Selena has an impossible choice to make: does she dismiss her sister as a damaged person, the victim of delusions, or believe her, and risk her own sanity in the process? Is Julie really who she says she is, and if she isn't, what does she have to gain by claiming her sister's identity?Trade Review"Moving, subtle, and ambiguous, this is a good pick for literary-sf fans" - Booklist“a reminder that upheaval is rarely resolved so easily as in books, that human relationships can often be messy, complicated, and unresolvable things” Barnes & Noble SFF blog“an exceptionally rich, haunting and immersive reading experience that will linger on your mind for a long time after you've finished reading it” Rising Shadow “a lot of fun concepts here and a fully crafted alien world” Sciencefiction.com“worth the read” Gamers Sphere"The Rift will appeal to any science-fiction lover. It’s well written and surprising in a way that many of the clumsier science-fiction stories today aren’t. As the story delves deeper into fantastical territory, it might be off-putting to some. Nonetheless, for those willing to remain with the story until the end, it is worth the investment. Through the unbelievable and the disturbing, the book maintains a level of practicality that is refreshing." - Portland Book Review
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Atlantic Books Mother of Eden
Book SynopsisMother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015.'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.' Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of them all. When Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no idea that she will be a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela's ring on her own finger. And she has no idea of the enemies she will make, no inkling that a time will come when she, like John Redlantern, will choose to kill...Trade ReviewEvery bit as compelling as Dark Eden was... Eden is building into one of most vivid and fascinating places in modern SF -- Eddie Robson * SFX *Mother of Eden is a masterpiece * Guardian *A classic theme, beautifully told * Sunday Telegraph on DARK EDEN *This is a world I'm desperate to return to * Guardian on DARK EDEN *There's no justice if Dark Eden, with its beautiful, terrifying planet, slowly revealed, fails to bring Beckett awards * The Sunday Times on DARK EDEN *A captivating and haunting book * Daily Mail on DARK EDEN *
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Pan Macmillan Orbus
Book SynopsisOrbus continues the adventure of Captain Orbus in Neal Asher's high-octane, science fiction Spatterjay series.A cold war is turning white hot.Old Captain Orbus commandeered a ship to flee Spatterjay, desperate to escape the violent planet. Orbus’s alien enemy, the Prador Vrell, is also moving on. The Spatterjay virus mutated him into something even more dangerous. And he’s hunting the Prador King himself – who sought to kill him, to bury the secret of their similar transformations.Orbus and Vrell clash in the Graveyard, a lawless zone where the Prador have seized a key space station. Official action by humanity or Prador would end peace, as a centuries-long cold war simmers. So Earth commands Orbus to destroy the station, even as the King recruits a monster to exterminate Vrell. But their actions will awaken an intelligence that annihilated civilizations, as it stirs after five million years . . .Trade ReviewAsher delivers a satisfying space opera full of adrenaline highs . . . Fast-paced fun -- SFXRail-guns rattle off, pulse rifles fire out shots and explosions ring out. This is what Asher does best -- SciFiNowIt is, like all of Asher’s work, brilliant fun -- DeathrayOrbus hits every nail on the head, every time. Neal has not only delivered an excellent, enthralling and action-packed story, but probably his most accomplished and enjoyable novel to date. I honestly can't recommend this one highly enough -- Walker of Worlds
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Little, Brown Book Group Speed Of Dark Winner of the Nebula Award Tom
Book SynopsisLou has been told he is different to ''normal'' people. He interacts with the world in a way they do not understand. He might not see the things they see, however, but he also sees many things they do not. Lou is autistic.One of his skills is an ability to find patterns in data: extraordinary, complex, beautiful patterns that not even the most powerful computers can comprehend. The company he works for has made considerable sums of money from Lou''s work. But now they want Lou to change - to become ''normal'' like themselves. And he must face the greatest challenge of his life. To understand the speed of dark.SPEED OF DARK is a powerful near-future thriller, the theme of which is both universal and intensely personal. It is dedicated to the author''s own autistic son, and to other parents of autistic children, ''in the hope that they also find that delight in difference''.
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Ebury Publishing Doctor Who: The Stone Rose: The History
Book SynopsisA 2,000 year old statue of Rose Tyler is a mystery that the Doctor and Rose can only solve by travelling back to the time when it was made. But when they do, they find the mystery is deeper and more complicated than they ever imagined. While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who it seems can accurately predict the future. But when the Doctor stumbles on the terrible truth behind the statue, Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for. An adventure set in Roman times, featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant and his companion Rose Tyler.
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HarperCollins Publishers Killer Come Back To Me
Book SynopsisCelebrating Ray Bradbury''s centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.Time travellersdark carnivalsliving automataand detectives? Honouring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master''s less well-known crime fiction features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Ray Bradbury Theater, including the tale Bradbury called one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written'.Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother''s murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narraTrade Review‘As influenced by George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare as he was by Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Bradbury was an expert of the taut tale, the last-sentence twist. And he was more celebrated for short fiction than his longer works.’–Los Angeles Times ‘Ray Bradbury was the 20th-century American short-story writer par excellence.’–Guardian
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Titan Books Ltd Lost Fleet
Book SynopsisAdmiral Geary and Captain Desjani return to their battle cruiser Dauntless. Geary is charged with command of the third fleet, its first mission: to probe deep into the territory of the alien race to find out more...
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Snowbooks Ltd The Book Lovers
Book SynopsisThe kidnap of a rebellious heiress leads Inspector Nightjar into a steampunk underworld of brain love, greed and revolution. Can the Raven Method uncover the big Truth? What powers Thousand Tower City? Why are books telling unfamiliar stories? How cosy is anarchy? Steve Aylett, author of LINT (chosen by Stewart Lee on R4''s A Good Read) and Slaughtermatic, returns in this fizzing caper about the good sin of thinking for yourself. In the whole of language there is nothing like Steve Aylett, and The Book Lovers is his most relentless assault yet on our prissy synapses. Every sentence is a nifty seizure that will slug his reader through the printed page into a better and less reasonable world, a fugue-state heaven of excruciating beauty that spends dazzling insight as though it were chocolate money. Utterly astonishing, and possibly some manner of police procedural. Rea
£10.80
Marvel Comics SCARLET WITCH BY STEVE ORLANDO VOL. 5 AMARANTH
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Penguin Books Ltd The Secret People
Book Synopsis''The Sun Bird was beginning to travel fast, close to the edge of the whirlpool. They could look right down into the hollow of spinning water'' While flying over Africa''s New Sea, a water project in the heart of the Sahara desert, Mark Sunnet''s rocket plane crashes and is sucked through a hole in the desert floor into a strange, cavernous new world.There, he and his partner Margaret encounter the survivors of an ancient race of underground dwellers whose whole existence is now threatened. Captured and forced to live with other prisoners taken from the surface, the pair know that they must escape before the waters above drown them all . . .The Secret People, published in 1935, is John Wyndham''s first novel.''Perhaps the best writer of science fiction England has ever produced'' Stephen King
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Penguin Books Ltd Stowaway to Mars
Book Synopsis''It was a desert. A vista of reddish rocks and drifted sand, arid and hot, extending to the limits of their view. A dreary waste upon which nothing moved or grew . . .''For British pilot Dale Curtance the Keuntz Prize - to be awarded to the first person to take a spaceship to another planet and back - is the ultimate challenge. Not only has he to build a ship to survive the journey, assemble a top-notch crew and choose a destination, he''s also got to beat the Russians and Americans.Soon the GLORIA MUNDI blasts off from Salisbury Plain, bound for Mars. There''s only one problem - a stowaway called Joan. Not only does her presence wreck calculations and threaten the mission, but her tale suggests that Mars may be a more dangerous destination than they ever expected. ''Perhaps the best writer of science fiction England has ever produced'' Stephen King
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Orion Publishing Co Eon
Book SynopsisAbove our planet hangs a hollow Stone, vast as the imagination of Man. The inner dimensions are at odds with the outer: there are different chambers to be breached, some even containing deserted cities. The furthest chamber contains the greatest mystery ever to confront the Stone''s scientists.But tombstone or milestone, the Stone is not an alien structure: it comes from the future of our humanity. And the war that breaks out on Earth seems to bear witness to the Stone''s prowess as oracle ...
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Little, Brown Book Group The Lazarus War Origins Book Three of The Lazarus
Book SynopsisFollowing Artefact and Legion, Origins is the third and final book of the Lazarus War, an action-drenched space adventure series from one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction.For someone who has died and come back as many times as Conrad Harris, the nickname Lazarus is well-deserved. His elite military team are specialists in death - running suicide missions in simulant bodies to combat the alien race known as the Krell. But now the Krell Empire has wreaked such devastation that military command is desperate for a new strategy against the alien foe.Harris and his team are being sent on a mission that could finally turn the tide of the war. Intelligence has been uncovered that indicates the location of the UAS Endeavour, a ship that went missing years ago deep in Krell territory. The ship could hold secrets to harnessing an ancient alien technology - possibly the most powerful weapon in the known universe. But if this power faTrade ReviewA gripping read that moves at warp speedArtefact is an adrenaline shot of rip-roaring military SF packed with cinematic action sequences and tightly drawn charactersA hostile race of alien biomechs somewhat in the mould of H. R. Giger aliens . . . terrorism, subterfuge and traitors . . . starships sporting particle beam weapons, railguns the size of skyscrapers, laser batteries, missiles . . . And then there are the uber-human super-soldiers clad in powered armour and wielding plasma weapons . . . This, dear readers, is the good stuffA highly promising science fiction debut - a fun, gripping adventure story, with a mystery at its core that kept me turning the pages
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Marvel Comics DOCTOR STRANGE BY JED MACKAY OMNIBUS
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Kodansha America, Inc EDENS ZERO 31
Book SynopsisIt's here! The creator of Fairy Tail, manga superstar Hiro Mashima, is back with a high-flying space adventure! All the steadfast friendship, crazy fighting, and blue cats you've come to expect...IN SPACE!A young boy gazes up at the sky and sees a streaming bolt of light. The friendly, armor-clad being at his side tells him gently, That's a dragon. The fact that he's joking isn't important. What's important is the look of wonder on the boy's face...and the galaxy-spanning adventure that's about to take place! Join Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) once more as he takes to the stars for another thrilling saga!
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Little, Brown Book Group The Host Film Tie In
Book SynopsisMelanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.Wanderer, the invading ''soul'' who has been given Melanie''s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn''t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.Melanie fills Wanderer''s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body''s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she''s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Redsight
Book SynopsisNow released with a gorgeous paperback cover, the imaginative new space opera for fans of Gideon the Ninth filled with sapphic romance, space pirates, a blind witch and powerful priestesses
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Orion Publishing Co Shadow Captain
Book SynopsisReturning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars.Trade ReviewPirates in space, full of peril and high-jinks... This is a novel that's elegantly plotted, full of surprises and, as first time round, rip-roaring fun. * SFX MAGAZINE *Reynolds is easily one of the modern masters of science fiction... addictive, page-turning stuff. * STARBURST *This is a story to break hearts and make you turn pages. It's great stuff; pick it up, you'll want to know what happens next. * SF AND F REVIEWS *Much of the fun of these books comes from the construction of a far, far-future space-opera... the mapping of Age of Sail tropes onto space travel is just the start... Nevertheless, at the centre of this baroque masquerade party resides a sober consideration of what it might mean to go off adventuring, what it might cost. * LOCUS MAGAZINE *
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Boom! Studios Ranger Academy Vol. 3
Book SynopsisThe unbelievable, transformative concluding chapter of Ranger Academy!Tula comes face to face with her worst fear-her expulsion from Ranger Academy after a daring escapade into the Green Campus, telling a lie to save her friend from the Headmaster’s punishment, but Sage can’t just let her take the fall for the forbidden Green Ranger morph! Sage’s true strength will lie in not just trusting her friends, but also trusting in her own power, especially if she’s going to save her dad. However, there’s more at stake than she could possibly imagine, with Dark Spector’s shadow plaguing the academy’s past. The evil lingers, threatening everyone Sage hold’s dear. Discover the final chapter of the fan-favorite series from writer Maria Ingrande Mora (The Immeasurable Depth of You) and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong (Eve), taking new and long-time fans to unexplored reaches of the Power Rangers universe! Collects Ranger Academy #9-12.
£9.99
Random House Worlds The Seventh Gate
Book SynopsisThe Seventh Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In this tale of treachery, power, and heroism, Alfred, Haplo, and Marit embark on a journey of death and discovery as they seek to enter the dreaded Seventh Gate. Encountering enemies both old and new, they unleash a magic no power can control, damning themselves to an apocalypse of unimagined proportion in a final struggle between good and evil.
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Random House Worlds The Hand of Chaos
Book SynopsisChaos is everywhere as the Lord of the Nexus orders his servant Haplo and the human child known as Bane to further their master's work on Arianus, the realm of air. But their one time companion Alfred has been cast into the deadly Labyrinth. And somehow the assassin Hugh the Hand has been resurrected to complete his dark mission. More important, the evil force that Haplo and Alfred discovered on Arianus has escaped. As Haplo's doubts about his master grow deeper, he must decide whether to obey the Lord of the Nexus or betray the powerful Patryn...and endeavor to bring peace to the universe.
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Orion Publishing Co Wolfhound Century
Book SynopsisA thousand miles east of Mirgorod, the great capital city of the Vlast, deep in the ancient forest, lies the most recent fallen angel, its vast stone form half-buried and fused into the rock by the violence of impact. As its dark energy leeches into the crash site, so a circle of death expands around it, slowly - inexorably - killing everything it touches. Alone in the wilderness, it reaches out with its mind.The endless forest and its antique folk lore are no concern to Inspector Vissarion Lom, summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist - and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown terrorism with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists. Lom has been chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party
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Pan Macmillan Intervention
Book SynopsisBorn in 1931, Julian May sold her first short story to John W. Campbell's Astounding magazine in 1951. But she didn't return to genre fiction until the 1980s. May then wrote the phenomenally successful Saga of the Exiles, followed by the Galactic Milieu series. The Many-Coloured Land won the Locus Best Novel Award and was shortlisted for numerous other high-profile genre awards.
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Titan Books Ltd Bowl of Heaven
Book SynopsisA human expedition into deep space encounters a gigantic bowl-shaped object with a star at the center. A landing party is sent to investigate, and they find a variety of strange creatures populating the Bowl. The landing party is separated into two groups - one is captured by the alien inhabitants, the other is pursued across the deadly terrain.
£999.99
Ebury Publishing Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
Book SynopsisThe Time Lords are an immensely civilised, and immensely powerful, race. Yet we know very little about them, save that they can live forever (barring accidents) and possess the secrets of space and time travel. Their history has been shrouded in myth and mystery. Until now.A Brief History of Time Lords unlocks the secrets of this ancient, legendary alien race - a civilisation that inflicted some of its most notorious renegades and criminals on the universe, but was also the benevolent power that rid the cosmos of its most fearsome enemies. Drawn from the ancient records of Gallifrey, and handed down from generation to generation, this remarkable book reveals the Time Lords in all of their guises: pioneers and power-mad conspirators, time-travellers and tyrants, creators and destroyers. Be careful who you share it with.
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Penguin Books Ltd Consider Her Ways
Book SynopsisThe six stories in Consider Her Ways: And Others, the second collecton of John Wyndham''s short tales, continue his exploration of the science fiction staple - what if? In the title story we are introduced to a world where all the men have been killed by a virus and women continue to survive in a strict caste system - bottom of the heap are the mothers. In others we meet the man who accidentally summons a devil and then has to find a way of getting rid of him without losing his immortal soul, as well as the woman who, thanks to an experiment in time, discovers why her lover abandoned her.''Wyndham writes strongly and has a gift for bizarre plots'' Guardian''One of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence'' SpectatorJohn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started
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Little, Brown Book Group Existence
Book SynopsisOUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE WAS NEVER A GIVEN.Year after year, humanity has survived the main pitfalls awaiting us - natural disasters, nuclear war, rising seas. But when an alien artefact is found floating in Earth''s orbit, it pushes our troubled world to the brink of chaos.Is this a message in a bottle bringing peace and enlightenment from the stars? Or a warning, threatening to destroy what little stability mankind has achieved? The world is divided - holding its breath. Soon we will know the secret of existence.Brilliant and gripping, David Brin''s novel of the near future is the work of a modern master of science fiction.Trade ReviewA masterpiece of rock-hard SF SUN Cleverly argued and uncomfortably plausible SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Brin tackles a plethora of cutting-edge concepts... with the skill of a visionary futurologist ... [conveying] the depth and breadth of his startling future. Existence is Brin's first novel in 10 years, and it's been well worth the wait GUARDIAN Existence is bursting with ideas, including near-future tech, first contact with aliens, and the exploration of what it means to be human io9.com EXISTENCE may be Brin's masterwork LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS An impressive introduction to one of SF's major talents Publishers Weekly The seriously clever Brin has spent a lot of time thinking about big questions - and has devised a highly original yet plausible version of alien contact BBC Sky at Night In Existence, David Brin takes on one of the fundamental themes in science fiction - and what is also one of the fundamental questions humanity faces in this century. Since Brin is both a great storyteller and one of the most imaginative writers around, Existence is not to be missed Vernor Vinge Take a world soaked in near-future strangeness and complexity ... Add a beautiful alien artifact that turns out to be the spearpoint of a very dangerous, very ancient invasion ... Hotwire with wisdom and wonder ... Existence is as urgent and as relevant as anything by Stross or Doctorow, but with the cosmic vision of Bear or Benford. Brin is back Stephen Baxter
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Orion Publishing Co Unquenchable Fire SF MASTERWORKS
Book SynopsisIn an America where the miraculous is par for the course, where magic and myths are as real as shopping malls and television game shows, Jennifer Mazdan listens to the modern storytellers recite the tales of the Founders.But when strange things start to happen and Jennie becomes pregnant - from a dream - she enters a struggle which threatens her own life and causes her to question everything she has ever learned.Unquenchable Fire won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1989.
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Orion Publishing Co In Milton Lumky Territory GOLLANCZ SF
Book SynopsisBruce Stevens is a young buyer for a big discount house when he meets the recently divorced Susan Faine. She suggests that he might like to manage her ailing typewriter store and he leaps at the suggestion. Then he realizes that Susan was his teacher when he was in fifth grade. In spite of that, they are married within days. And then the odd compulsions and instabilities start to interfere with their plans. Milton Lumky, the paper salesman in whose area they live, is uneasy about their future ...
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Orion Publishing Co Frankenstein
Book SynopsisMary Shelley's classic tale of the devastating consequences of playing God joins the SF Masterworks list.NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLDTrade ReviewThe first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fiction -- Brian AldissFrankenstein appeals to something very primal, but it's also about profound things, the very nature of life and death and birth -- Kenneth BranaghHow many fictional characters have made the great leap from literature to mythology; how many creatures of sheer language have stepped from the rhythms of their author's idiosyncratic voices into what might be called a collective cultural consciousness? -- Joyce Carol OatesThe greatest novel of the Romantic movement -- Michael DirdaMary Shelley more than made a name for herself and thrived without a formal education, becoming a trailblazing female writer in a genre still dominated by men today * INDEPENDENT *
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Orion Publishing Co No Enemy But Time SF MASTERWORKS
Book SynopsisJoshua Kampa is torn between two worlds - the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the 20th-century reality of his waking life. These worlds are transposed when a government experiment sends him over a million years back in time. Here, John builds a new life as part of a tribe of protohumans. But the reality of early Africa is much more challenging than his fantasies. With the landscape, the species, and John himself evolving, he reaches a temporal crossroads where he must decide whether the past or the future will be his present.
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Orion Publishing Co City SF MASTERWORKS
Book SynopsisAs the human race dwindles and declines, which of its great creations will inherit the Earth? And which will claim the stars?Trade Reviewan underrated writer who is worthy or reassessment. * SFFWORLD.COM *just about any work by Simak deserves to be considered a classic and City is no exception, it's a unique perspective on the race of man and a fantastic read. * SFBOOK.COM *
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DC Comics The Planetary Omnibus
Book SynopsisPlanetary has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads.Written by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan) and with stunning art by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), this critically acclaimed, landmark series took a look at the inter-dimensional peace-keeping force known as Planetary. The trio on the ground includes Elijah Snow, a hundred-year-old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters.All 27 issues of the original series are collected in this hardbound omnibus edition.
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Book Synopsis20,000 Leagues Under the Sea tells the story of a kidnapped professor and harpoonist who embarks on an exhilarating undersea journey aboard the submarine of the eccentric Captain Nemo.
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Headline Publishing Group Fuse
Book SynopsisThe next part in the epic PURE trilogy, for fans of Cormac McCarthy, Justin Cronin and Suzanne Collins. Partridge has escaped the safety of his father''s empire and left the Dome, where his people - the Pures - have sheltered for so long. He has ventured into the destroyed world inhabited by the Wretches, who live crippled by their injuries. Pressia, a Wretch, is desperate to decode the secrets of the past and, together with Partridge, she must seek out the answers that will save all their futures. But Partridge''s actions will not be forgiven. As the Dome unleashes horrifying vengeance upon the Wretches, Partridge has no choice but to return to face the darkness that lies there, leaving Pressia to continue searching for the truth that will change the fate of the world for all time.Trade Review'A great, gorgeous novel, boundless in its imagination. You will be swept away' * Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of The Passage *'Discomfiting and unforgettable' * The New York Times *'This novel sizzles with invention and viscerally disturbs with its portraits of catastrophe' * The Sunday Times *'She has a flair for keeping the pages turning with a combination of short, sharp action beats and drip-fed revelations. Strong stuff, and gripping to boot' * SFX magazine *
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Orion Publishing Co Starsight
Book SynopsisAll her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she''s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumours of his cowardice are true - he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there''s more to the story. And she''s sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars - and it was terrifying. What she learned turned her world upside down. Everything Spensa''s been taught is a lie. But Spensa also learned a few things about herself - and she''ll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to. Praise for Brandon Sanderson''s #1 New York Times Bestselling Reckoners series: ''Another win for Sanderson . . . he''s simply a brilliant writer'' PatrickTrade ReviewBrandon Sanderson is the most immersive fantasy writer I've ever encountered * Ben Aaronovitch *Great fun * Kirkus *Brandon Sanderson is a masterful storyteller across genres and age groups * Novel Notions *Sanderson at his best * FanFiAddict *An easy, enjoyable read with some important themes * The Fantasy Hive *another brisk YA fantasy from Sanderson - inventive, action-stuffed and surprising until the end * SFX *Secrets intensify this ripping yarn, which is crammed with peril, thrills and snappy dialogue * Daily Mail *Skyward is an adventure and a half that you won't want to miss. Even hardcore Cosmere fans will enjoy the special mix of fantasy and sci-fi that unfolds as you watch Spensa learn what it means to be truly brave. * TOR.COM *Steelheart is the literature equivalent of a blockbuster; episodic and fast-paced with surprises around every turn. * SCI FI NOW *Full of action * THE SUN *All the main characteristics of a Sanderson novel from a writer at the top of his game. * FANTASY BOOK REVIEW *With this action-packed trilogy opener, Sanderson offers up a resourceful, fearless heroine and a memorable cast-including a strangely humorous, mushroom-obsessed robot-set against the backdrop of a desperate conflict. As the pulse-pounding story intensifies and reveals its secrets, a cliffhanger ending sets things up for the next instalment. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *as always, Brandon Sanderson creates a unique and interesting universe we get to explore alongside the protagonist...a fun, action packed ride for those of us who remain a child at heart. * Best Fantasy Books *The world of The Reckoners is suddenly presented in all its glory. It's an incredibly vibrant setting that showcases the entire breadth of Sanderson's talent. Expect to finish this one in single sitting. * Upcoming 4 Me *The stories are complex, fascinating, and filled to the brim with three-dimensional characters * Fantasy Book Review *Firefight is a visual, almost cinematic novel * Buzzy Mag *Firefight is a rollercoaster ride of action, entertainment, and humour * Smash Dragons *Firefight is filled with a spine-tingling adventure and heart-racing action that promises to satisfy fans both new and old * Fantasy Book Critic *Steelheart is the literature equivalent of a blockbuster; episodic and fast-paced with surprises around every turn. * SCI FI NOW *A terrifically tall tale, packaging the superhero action into compelling, punchy chapters that keep you reading. It's a fast, feisty read with characters that are skillfully drawn, assassinations, gunfights, physics bending motorcycle chases and a world you can't wait to hear more about. * SFX *Full of action * THE SUN *
£18.70
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Last Days Zombie Apocalypse Seasons
Book SynopsisLast Days: Zombie Apocalypse: Seasons brings an all new campaign to the skirmish-scale miniatures game of survival horror, taking players through the changing seasons and the challenges this brings to their Groups of survivors. As well as rival gangs and mindless zombies, your Group will have to deal with hunger, thirst, warmth, and the many other problems that can't be stopped with a well-placed bullet. Featuring a host of new character types, scavenge tables, scenarios, and even rules for using bicycles, motorbikes, and snowmobiles, this expansion is essential for a survivor during the last days.
£17.00
Elm Publications How the Dark lord became the Dark lord
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£5.39
Penguin Books Ltd Zoo City
Book SynopsisFROM THE AUTHOR BEHIND BRAND NEW APPLE TV HIT SHINING GIRLSWINNER OF THE 2011 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD''A major, major talent'' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN_______Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, she''s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons.Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions reside.Instead it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she''ll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own._______''Beukes is very *very* good. It feels effortless, utterly accomplished'' William Gibson''Beukes brings a secret tenderneTrade Review[Beukes] brings a secret tenderness and humanity to her off-kilter portrait of the here and now * Guardian *Lauren Beukes is very, *very* good. It feels effortless. Utterly accomplished -- William GibsonA fabulous outing from an extremely promising writer ... [It] has so much fabulous wordplay, imaginative settings and scenarios, and such a dark and cynical heart that I was totally riveted by it -- Cory DoctorowBeukes's energetic noir phantasmagoria ... crackles with original ideas ... Beukes skilfully employs all the twists of first-rate noir ... powerful indeed -- Jeff Vandermeer, New York TimesBeukes delivers a thrill ride that gleefully merges narrative styles and tropes, almost single-handedly pulling the "urban fantasy" subgenre back towards its groundbreaking roots * Publishers Weekly *Energetic and imaginative ... Packed with colour, dark humour and thought-provoking ideas, Zoo City is an absolute must for anyone with a taste for the wilder edges of the genre * SFX Magazine *Original and unputdownable * Cosmopolitan *An unpredictable and helluva awesome read * Heat *Lauren Beukes is Jeff Noon crossed with Raymond Chandler. I loved it, it's going to be huge -- Paul CornellI couldn't put this down. It's weird, thrilling, funny... filled with sleazy characters and lots of bad attitude -- Mike NicolAn unfamiliar land full of familiars, a broken Johannesburg peopled with damaged wonders... If our words are bullets, Lauren Beukes is a marksman in a world of drunken machine-gunners -- Bill WillinghamZoo City is pure originality ... a book that had me reading it revelling in Beukes' magical way with words * SF Signal *At times the witty and lyrical prose is sheer magic, the story captivating and the characters exotic, cruel and beautiful while the backdrop of Johannesburg seethes with hidden, lurking dangers around every corner, Zoo City is quite simply captivating * SciFi & Fantasy Books *
£10.44
Hodder & Stoughton The Sight of You: An unforgettable love story and
Book SynopsisTHE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'Unique and breathtaking and painful and broken and perfect . . . just like love'Jodi Picoult'Exquisitely written, incredibly moving and impossible to put down' Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare___________Joel is afraid of the future.Since he was a child he's been haunted by dreams about the people he loves. Visions of what's going to happen - the good and the bad. And the only way to prevent them is to never let anyone close to him again. Callie can't let go of the past.Since her best friend died, Callie's been lost. She knows she needs to be more spontaneous and live a bigger life. She just doesn't know how to find a way back to the person who used to have those dreams.Joel and Callie both need a reason to start living for today. And though they're not looking for each other, from the moment they meet it feels like the start of something life-changing. Until Joel has a vision of how it's going to end . . .Trade ReviewSome books rip you apart, even as you are marveling at how beautifully put together they are - The Sight of You is one of these. Holly Miller - with her startling metaphors and finely-etched portrait of a star-crossed relationship - has created a novel that is unique and breathtaking and painful and broken and perfect . . . just like love. I'm still crying, yet all I want to do is settle down and read it again * Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things *Set to be the big love story of 2020 * Red *Clever, poignant and very special. This life-affirming novel twists and turns its way, acknowledging the bravery it takes to love. It's a unique book you'll want to hug and not let go * Woman & Home *We're predicting a hit * Cosmopolitan *I've just finished it and I'm in BITS. There are literally tears still dripping from my chin. What an extraordinary book. It's exquisitely written, incredibly moving and impossible to put down. It made me want to go and give everyone I love a very, very big hug. Who could fail to fall in love with Callie and Joel? * Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare *A heartrending, beautifully crafted emotional rollercoaster of a read that will stay with you long after the final page. Wonderful * Mike Gayle *The Sight of You is such a special book. I had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes to the very last page. I want everyone to read it * Paige Toon *Heartfelt and beautifully written * Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You *An epic, beautifully written novel. Holly's words are practically symphonic on the page. This book is going to break hearts in 2020 * Roxie Cooper, author *This book stole my heart. It reminds me of how I felt when I first read The Time Traveler's Wife. Special, inventive, heartbreaking and empathetic, it's a book about whether it's better to have loved and lost, or never to have loved at all. Women's fiction at its finest * Gillian McAllister, author *Looking for a love story that will break your heart this year? You've just found it. Beautifully written, The Sight of You will stay with you for a long time. Just make sure you have tissues to hand * Platinum-mag.co.uk *Enthralling, immersive and deliriously romantic. An exquisitely written emotional thriller with characters I will never forget * Katie Marsh, author *Heartbreaking, hopeful and completely original - The Sight of You is a love story that stays with you long after the final page * Dani Atkins, author *A wonderful high-concept love story. I adored it * Richard Roper, author *I loved The Sight Of You. It's an epic love story, but with such a mesmerising premise * Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project *Heartbreaking and compulsive in equal measure, I read The Sight of You in a single day * Kate Riordan, author *Amazing concept, a beautiful love story * Eva Woods, author *Just wonderful - the perfect 'will they, won't they' romance with a unique premise. It's stayed with me long after I finished with an ending I cried buckets over. This book is going to be huge! * Lorna Cook, author *I. Am. Broken. It's exquisite, beautiful and tender and has left me utterly bereft! * Emma Cooper, author *The Sight Of You is one of those rare books that stays in your heart long after the final page and I'm utterly bereft now it's finished. Beautiful, lyrical and yet packs an emotional punch that will leave you reeling * Penny Parkes, author *What an astonishing book. I just loved it. One of those rare books that is beautifully written and utterly life affirming * Kate Thompson, author *This book had me in tears. I can't stop thinking about Callie and Joel and what my choices would be in their circumstances. Beautiful and heartbreaking * Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost *A beautiful, heartfelt novel with two central characters you are rooting for with your whole being. It is clever, moving and wonderfully romantic. I will think about Joel and Callie for a long time to come * Cesca Major *With stunningly evocative prose, Holly Miller crafts an enthralling tale that picks up speed as it churns toward its inevitable conclusion. I'm not usually an emotional reader, but this book proved me wrong. The ending is simply perfect. Readers are going to love it * Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl He Used to Know *A gorgeously sad but ultimately uplifting read * Holly Hepburn, author *Fans of The Light We Lost and The Time Traveler's Wife will fall hard for this heartbreaking but ultimately life-affirming novel * Booklist *Miller paints big emotions with nuance and subtlety . . . This beautifully rendered work is both heartbreaking and life-affirming. Readers should be prepared to cry. * Publisher's Weekly *Entrancing and beautifully written . . . A big-hearted book showing just how fragile life truly is' * Woman & Home *Heartbreaker * Cosmopolitan *A beautiful read about following your heart. This is a total triumph * The Sun on Sunday Fabulous Magazine *A love story that will break your heart (think Jojo Moyes Me Before You-level tearjerker) * Evening Standard *Big ugly cry incoming! You'd have to be made of stone not to fall for this love story * Red Magazine *A love story with a difference . . . An astonishing, affecting, and deeply moving novel * Woman & Home *An original concept, beautifully written and completely convincing . . . a heart-wrenching love story that steers clear of being overly sentimental . . . Perfect for fans of The Time Traveller's Wife and In Five Years, this bittersweet novel is one that will stay with you * Press Association *This gorgeous, unusual love story manages to be both heartbreaking and hopeful * Good Housekeeping *Such a heartbreaking yet heartwarming story * Prima *A brilliant read * Bella *Utterly moving, this heartfelt read will capture your imagination * Woman’s Own *You might need a tissue at the ready, but this is an epic romance that will absorb and transport * Platinum Magazine *One of those rare books that stays in your heart long after the final page * Heat *An astonishing, affecting and deeply moving novel * Woman & Home *
£9.49
Orion Publishing Co Desolation Road
Book SynopsisIt all started thirty years ago on Mars. By the time it was finished, the town of Desolation Road had been witness to every abnormality yet seen on the Red Planet. From Adam Black''s Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational ''Stravaganza, to the Astounding Tatterdemalion Air Bazaar, nowhere else boasts such sights for the wandering lucky traveller. Its inhabitants are just as storied. From Dr. Alimantando -- founder and resident genius -- to the Babooshka, a barren grandmother with a child grown in a fruit jar; from Rajendra Das, mechanical hobo whose way with machines bordered on the mystic, to the Gallacelli brothers, identical triplets who fell in love with - and married - the same woman.There''s nowhere quite like Desolation Road. Once you go there, you may never be the same again.Trade ReviewDesolation Road pays homage to David Byrne's Catherine Wheel, to Ray Bradbury's entire canon and to Jack Vance, blending all these disparate creators in a way that surprises, delights, then surprises and delights again * Cory Doctorow *it absolutely bowled me over . . . some of the most beautiful prose imaginable . . . If you ever want to demonstrate how different science fiction can be, what an incredible range and sweep of things are published with a little spaceship on the spine, Desolation Road is a shining datapoint * Jo Walton *This is the kind of novel I long to find yet seldom do . . . extraordinary and more than that * Philip José Farmer *Flavoured with a voice that blends the delightful prose of Jack Vance with the idiosyncratic stylings of Cordwainer Smith * SF Site *
£9.99
Ebury Publishing Doctor Who: The Witchfinders (Target Collection)
Book Synopsis‘I am an expert on witchcraft, Doctor, but I wish to learn more. Before you die, I want answers.’The TARDIS lands in the Lancashire village of Bilehurst Cragg in the 17th century, and the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz soon become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. Fear stalks the land, and the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt. But the Doctor soon realises there is something more sinister than paranoia and superstition at work. Tendrils of living mud stir in the ground and the dead lurch back to horrifying life as an evil alien presence begins to revive. The Doctor and her friends must save not only the people of Bilehurst Cragg from the wakening forces, but the entire world
£7.59
Cornerstone Tell Me an Ending: A New York Times sci-fi book
Book Synopsis'Compelling' GUARDIAN'Incredibly well written . . . I really enjoyed it' MARIAN KEYES'One of the most sophisticated works of science fiction I've read recently' NEW YORK TIMES The promise at Nepenthe is simple: they will erase the memories you cannot live with.After the procedure, psychologist Noor will assess you for two things: your mental wellbeing, and the successful erasure of the memory. But there is no assessment if you choose to delete the memory of the Nepenthe procedure itself. If you do that, you're on your own.And what if one day, out of the blue, your memory is offered back to you - would you want to remember what you've chosen to forget?'Extraordinary' EMMA STONEX 'Riveting' KAREN THOMPSON WALKER 'Utterly captivating' LUCY CLARKE Thought-provoking. I loved it' MARCEL THEROUX Trade ReviewHarkin's characters are drawn with wit and economy, and watching their stories dovetail is pure pleasure * The Times *Incredibly nicely written . . . [Jo Harkin] writes really well about human beings. I really enjoyed it -- Marian KeyesThis compelling cautionary tale is set in an alternative present where it's possible to have painful memories removed . . . Interconnecting narratives by multiple character . . . weave into an ensemble piece that raises fascinating questions about how we use memory both to create and dismantle ourselves, and the ultimate mystery of who, or possibly what, "myself" actually is * Guardian *A narrative that is as page-turning as a thriller, and as thought-provoking as an inquiry into the human mind should be * i Paper *An extraordinary novel-- intelligent and searching, with deep questions about humanity, history and self. Expansive in its scope and themes, but never losing touch with its characters' hearts and minds, Tell Me an Ending is gripping, inventive, and a memory I'll never forget -- Emma Stonex
£9.49
Orion Publishing Co Plutoshine
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award!Terraforming - the megascale-engineering of a planet''s surface to one more Earth-like - is now commonplace across the Solar System, and Pluto''s is set to be the most ambitious transformation yet. Four billion miles from the Sun and two hundred degrees below zero, what this worldlet needs is light and heat. Through captured asteroids and solar mirrors, humanity''s finest scientists and engineers are set to deliver them.What nobody factored in was a saboteur - but who, and why? From the start, terraformer Lucian is intrigued by nine-year-old Nou, silent since a horrifying incident that shook the base and upended her family into chaos. If he could reach her, perhaps he could understand what happened that day - and what she knows about the secrets of Pluto. Nou possesses unspoken knowledge that could put a stop to the terraforming. Gripped by her fears, unable to trust her family, there is no one shTrade ReviewA scientific romance for a new era, and very welcome. The language and imagery are as perfectly formed as ice crystals. And Kissick had turned Pluto into a world as marvellous as Arrakis or Pandora * Stephen Baxter *Adventurous SF that pushes the envelope and asks big questions. Lucy Kissick is the next big thing in space. * Paul Cornell *[Lucy Kissick's] depictions of what it could be like on Pluto are thrillingly vivid...A rousing good story. * The Guardian *
£10.44
Hodder & Stoughton Floating Hotel
Book Synopsis''Smart, bold and so much fun . . . I''m officially a member of the Grace Curtis fan club'' AMIE KAUFMANThe Grand Budapest Hotel in space, Floating Hotel is a hopeful story of misfits, rebels and found family, perfect for fans of Becky Chambers, Martha Wells and Aliette de Bodard.Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. Year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury - and a magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby intray? How many Imperial spies are currently on board? What is the true purpose of the Problem Solver''s conference? And perhaps most pertinently - who is driving the ship?At the centre of these mysteries stands Carl, one time st
£18.00
Titan Books Ltd Ghost of the Neon God
Book SynopsisA thrilling, propulsive story of escape as two small-time crooks and best friends go on the run to save an AI in its infancy, perfect for fans of William Gibson’s All Tomorrow’s Parties, Richard Morgan and Ghost in the Shell.Jack and Col are two-bit thieves living on the fringes of the city, interested only in living free and independent. But when they cross paths with a mysterious woman their world unravels as they find themselves on the run from the authorities. Two simple guys, one innocent lecturer and a nascent AI that just wants to live. And by the end of the journey, none of them will ever be the same again.
£13.49
