Category: Science fiction
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Goldilocks by Laura Lam – Book Review
OUT IN PAPERBACK TODAY – 29 October PUBLISHERS BLURB A bold, thought provoking and high-concept feminist dystopian thriller Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance – and one woman can tip it over. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on…
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Fearless by Allen Stroud – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB AD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as…
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The Sentient by Nadia Afifi – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Amira Valdez is a brilliant neuroscientist trying to put her past on a religious compound behind her. But when she’s assigned to a controversial cloning project, her dreams of working in space are placed in jeopardy. Using her talents as a reader of memories, Amira uncovers a conspiracy to stop the creation of…
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The Apocalypse Strain by Jason Parent – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A multi-national research team, led by a medical genomics expert suffering from MS, study an ancient pandoravirus at a remote Siberian research facility. Called “Molli” by the research team, the organic substance reveals some unique but troublesome characteristics, qualities that, in the wrong hands, could lead to human extinction. The researchers soon learn…
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Clockwork Sherlock by Ian W. Sainsbury – Audiobook Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A thrilling new adventure featuring literature’s favourite detective like you’ve never seen him before. The first in a series, Clockwork Sherlock follows ex-soldier Captain Jo Barnes. The mysterious VR detective singles her out as his own Dr Watson, but he’s about to find out she’s no fawning sidekick. When tech giant Robert Fairfield…
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The Mechanical Maestro by Emily Owen – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Immerse yourself in the world of three brilliant siblings and their musical automaton, Maestro. London, 1857. Brothers George and Douglas Abernathy are clockmakers who are barely scraping a living in their family’s shop. They are also brilliant inventors with a sideline building custom- built androids and other technology ahead of its time. Their…
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Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A story of loneliness, love and loose connections, Set My Heart to Five is a hilarious, touching, dazzlingly perceptive debut novel, and a profound exploration of what it truly means to be human. 10/10 Jared does not have friends. Because friends are a function of feelings. Therefore friends are just one more human…
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Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang – Book Review @MidasPR @HoZ_Books #Vagabonds
PUBLISHERS BLURB In 2096, after Earth has successfully colonised Mars, a war of independence erupts and Mars breaks away from Earth’s rule. Over the next century, two radically different societies develop, each regarding the other with mutual suspicion. Eventually, Mars sends a group of young delegates to spend five years on Earth in an attempt…
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Guest Post from D. Ellis Overttun – Prophesy:Eve Of Darkness
I’m delighted to welcome D. Ellis Overttun to The Bookwormery today. David is raising awareness of his Terra Nova series. First, here’s some information about the background to the series….this instalment is Prophesy: Eve Of Darkness. The Terra Nova series takes the reader on a journey of discovery to solve a mystery. Book 1, Universe:…
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Vulcan’s Forge by Robert Mitchell Evans – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Jason Kessler doesn’t fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth’s destruction. Between the colony’s dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and…
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Crazy-Ass Stories for Crazy-Ass People by Andy Rausch – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB This quirky collection of short stories (and one novella) by Andy Rausch contains something for readers of every stripe. Rausch touches on a variety of genres, including horror, comedy, crime, and even Western, but every story features his unique, offbeat wit, superb writing, and razor-sharp dialogue, all delivered from a decidedly off-kilter perspective. …
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Happy Family by James Ellis – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Set in the near future, Happy Family is a darkly humorous tale about the filters and frames we use to shield ourselves from reality, and what might happen should we discard them. Germaine Kiecke was a foundling, an orphan, brought up by the infamous ‘Motherhood’ in a Belgian orphanage. Now she is a…
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Helene by Karl Drinkwater – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Dr Helene Vermalle is shaping the conscience of a goddess-level AI. As a leading civilian expert in Emergent AI Socialisation, she has been invited to assist in a secret military project. Her role? Helping ViraUHX, the most advanced AI in the universe, to pass through four theoretical development stages. But it’s not easy…
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QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Everything in QualityLand is geared towards optimizing your life. QualityPartner identifies your ideal mate, earworm personal assistants get you where you need to go and android drones know you need a six pack of beer at the end of a long day even before you crave one. Humans, robots and algorithms co-exist, everything…
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB From a Tang Dynasty legend of a young girl trained as an assassin with the ability to skip between dimensions on a secluded mountain sanctuary to a space colony called Nova Pacifica that reflects on a post-apocalyptic world of the American Empire and ‘Moonwalker’ Neil Armstrong, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories is…
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Chasing Solace by Karl Drinkwater – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The legendary Lost Ships exist, and they harbour nightmarish horrors. Opal knows. She barely survived her first encounter with one. Despite escaping, she failed to find what she was looking for: her lost sister. Now Opal must board a second derelict Lost Ship to seek answers, and it’s even more monstrous, a…
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The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Michael R. Johnston – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The sequel to The Widening Gyre, praised by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal and more! Tajen’s mission to seek aid from the Kelvaki Assembly is cut short when the Zhen invade Earth. Now he, Liam, and Kiri must return to Earth and liberate the colony from brutal occupation. When Tajen learns the Zhen…
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Rain God by Ian Dowson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Every second, every minute, every hour for five years: the incessant rat a tat-tat of rain.The rain has come and so has the killing. Rain and death in a city where madness is winning : it infects the sewers, lives in pipes, has a hook for a hand, no eyes and filed teeth.…
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Spirit Of Prophecy by Jill Hughes – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A fast-paced mystery featuring psychic detective Rosetta Barrett, as she unpicks the clues of the crime, a deeper prophecy emerges dating back to an atrocity which happened on Apache lands some time ago, and the race to solve more than one karmic mystery begins. A gifted psychic but an emotional wreck, Rosetta Barrett…
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A User’s Guide To Make-Believe by Jane Alexander – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A compelling read with an engaging but flawed heroine, exploring a near future with an all-too-plausible Black Mirror slant on reality and fantasy. Taps into cautionary tale fiction or ‘near dystopias’ in the wake of The Handmaid’s Tale. Whatever your fantasy, live it with Make-BelieveTM. The only limit is you. Cassie worked at…
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