Published By: Ad AstraPages: 416Released On: 09/10/2025 At 14, Julia Z became infamous as the “orphan hacker,” a teenage prodigy who broke the law and captivated a nation. Now, years later, she’s trying to leave that life behind, hiding in the quiet suburbs of Boston. But her fragile anonymity is shattered when a desperate lawyerContinue reading “All That We See or Seem – Ken Liu”
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The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone
Published By: OrendaPages: 300Released On: 14/08/2025 It’s been eighteen months since the traumatic events of The Collapsing Wave, where the Enceladons escaped the clutches of the American military intent on exterminating the peaceful alien creatures. Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and HeatherContinue reading “The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone”
The In-Between Bookstore – Edward Underhill
Published By: Avon BooksPages: 272Released On: 14/01/2025 When Darby finds himself unemployed and in need of a fresh start, he moves back to the small Illinois town he left behind. But Oak Falls has changed almost as much as he has since he left. One thing is familiar: In Between Books, Darby’s refuge growing upContinue reading “The In-Between Bookstore – Edward Underhill”
Hive – DL Orton
Published By: Rocky Mountain PressPages: 354Released On: 07/01/2025 In a crumbling biodome surrounded by endless seas and swarms of microdrones, humanity’s last survivors cling to hope. For Isabel, a dying scientist, and Diego, the man she loves, time is running out—literally. The Earth is ravaged, and the biodome that was meant to save them isContinue reading “Hive – DL Orton”
One Level Down – Mary Thompson
Published By: Tachyon Pages: 196Released On: 01/04/2025 Ella is the oldest five-year-old in the universe. For fifty-eight years, the founder of a simulated colony-planet has forced her to pretend to be his daughter. Her “Daddy” has absolute power over all elements of reality, which keeps the colonists in line even when their needs are notContinue reading “One Level Down – Mary Thompson”
A Short Walk Through a Wide World – Douglas Westerbeke
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 400Released On: 04/07/2024 If you could never stay, where would you go? Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, atContinue reading “A Short Walk Through a Wide World – Douglas Westerbeke”
The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley
Published By: SceptrePages: 368Released On: 14/05/2024 A boy meets a girl.The past meets the future.A finger meets a trigger.The beginning meets the end.England is forever. England must fall. In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering ‘expats’ from across history to test theContinue reading “The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley”
Mania – Lionel Shriver
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 288Released On: 11/04/2024 What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is ‘stupid’. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is ‘the last greatContinue reading “Mania – Lionel Shriver”
Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen
Pages: 189Released On: 23/04/2023 Earth’s population: 1700: 6.0 x 10^81900: 1.65 × 10^92000: 6.14 x 10^92100: 1.087 x 10^102700: 3.15 x 10^52878: 024800: 1.4 x 10^2 History repeats itself, unless it prevents itself. Estranged parent and child civilizations collide. Who will win the fight for Planet B? ***** Thanks to Matt for gifting me aContinue reading “Panacea – Matt Niel Oosthuizen”
The Ferryman – Justin Cronin
Published By: OrionPages: 560Released On: 02/05/2023 The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whispers begin to growContinue reading “The Ferryman – Justin Cronin”
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