Jane Rogers0.0 In a chilling future, one 16-year-old girl is driven to the ultimate act of heroism. The Testament of Jessie Lamb, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is the breakout novel from award-winning author Jane Rogers. Its cunningly drawn characters and riveting vision of a dystopic future fraught with difficult moral choices will make The Testament of Jessie Lamb an instant favorite for fans of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, and Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man.
Грег Бир3.5 Его называют Учителем. Он пришел в себя на космическом корабле, несущемся сквозь пространство. Кто он? Зачем он здесь? Все, что он помнит – обрывки странного сна, – но возможно ли принять его на веру? На корабле Учителю предстоит познакомиться со множеством людей и «чужих», – кто-то из них станет его верным другом, а кто-то под маской дружбы таит вражду и планы убийства. Но почему его хотят убить? Пока что Учителю ясно одно – тайна его личности неразрывно связана со столь же загадочной миссией корабля, направляющегося к далекой и неведомой цели.
Чайна Мьевиль4.1 В далеком будущем человечество колонизировало далекую планету Ариэку, на которой обитают загадочные ариэкей, разумные существа, на уникальном языке которых способны говорить лишь несколько “измененных” людей-послов. Колонистка Эвис Бреннер Чхо вернулась в Посольский город (Embassytown) после нескольких лет полетов в космосе. Она не говорит на языке ариэкей, но сама по себе является его частью, живой фигурой речи. Когда из-за политических интриг на Ариэку прибывает новый посол, хрупкое равновесие между людьми и туземцами нарушается. Близится катастрофа, и Эвис не может решить, кому остаться верной: мужу, которого больше не любит, системе, которой уже не доверяет, или месту в языке, на котором не говорит, но который говорит посредством нее.
Дрю Магари3.3 “You got me. I don’t want to die. I’m terrified of death. I fear there’s nothing beyond it and that this existence is the only one I’ll ever possess. That’s why I’m here.” (An excerpt from the digital journal of John Farrell, cure age 29)
2019. Humanity has witnessed its greatest scientific breakthrough yet: the cure for ageing. Three injections and you’re immortal – not bulletproof or disease-proof but you’ll never have to fear death by old age.
For John Farrell, documenting the cataclysmic shifts to life after the cure becomes an obsession. Cure parties, cycle marriages, immortal livestock: the world is revelling in the miracles of eternal youth. But immortality has a sinister side, and when a pro-death terrorist explosion kills his newly-cured best friend, John soon realizes that even in a world without natural death, there is always something to fear.
Now, John must make a new choice: run and hide forever, or stay and fight those who try to make immortal life a living hell.
Sheri S. Tepper0.0 The long-awaited and much-demanded sequel to A PLAGUE OF ANGELS, continuing the story of Abasio, once a farmboy, now, so Blue, his talking horse, is happy to inform people, a man who goes hither and thither helping orphans in this world where renascent mythical beasts and fairy tale 'archetypes' now live.
. . . And when he comes across little Xulai from Tingawan, one of the Ten Thousand Islands, far away over the Western Sea, she informs him that she too is an orphan, and implores his help carrying out the last request of the Princess Xu-i-lok, who has been dying since the day she married Duke Justinian, who refused the royal order to marry Alicia, the Prince's sister.
Xulai is Princess Xu-i-lok's Soul Carrier, and the task she must complete means visiting the scary forest in the dead of night - but it is the only thing that will bring the princess a measure of peace. Abasio, helper of orphans, promises though she must do this alone, he will be near, to aid her if necessary . . . and it is, for there are dark things abroad . . .
And Xulai's job is not yet done, for with the princess now dead, the grieving Duke is left a widower - and Alicia, Duchess Altamont, still wishes to marry him. It's not just the man she wants, but his lands too . . . and her plans do not bode well for anyone except her . . .
Charles Stross4.8 DI Liz Kavanaugh: You realise policing internet porn is your life and your career went down the pan five years ago. But when a fetishist dies on your watch, the Rule 34 Squad moves from low priority to worryingly high profile.
Anwar: As an ex-con, you'd like to think your identity fraud days are over. Especially as you've landed a legit job (through a shady mate). Although now that you're Consul for a shiny new Eastern European Republic, you've no idea what comes next.
The Toymaker: Your meds are wearing off and people are stalking you through Edinburgh's undergrowth. But that's OK, because as a distraction, you're project manager of a sophisticated criminal operation. But who's killing off potential recruits?
So how do bizarre domestic fatalities, dodgy downloads and a European spamming network fit together? The more DI Kavanaugh learns, the less she wants to find out.
