Reed said, 'Yes.' He put his arm around Petey, who sobbed once and was steadyagain. 'Quill should besafe here.' It waseerie, though. There wasthe wind blowing, and the air was starting to fillwith ashand burnt material.
The gripping and bloody story of one of history's most infamous and enigmatic villains - part II in the ATTILA trilogy
There was a small, shuffling pause, then various appalling renditions of Auld Lang Syne began to break out among the cheering multitude. Of course! New Year! Scanning the revellers, I spotted some Happy 1952 banners.
IN THE MOUTH OF THE WHALE: Humanity's future rests on the shoulders of a Child from the past, and she must never know of the battles being fought for her .
And on one of the Jackaroo's gift-worlds, the murder of a man who has just arrived from Earth leads policeman Vic Gayle to a war between rival gangs over possession of a remote excavation site. Something is coming through.
A novel of a savage future war, perfect for fans of Alastair Reynolds and Peter F. Hamilton.
The 21st century. Europe is divided between the First World bourgeoisie, made rich by nanotechnology and the cheap versatile slave labour of genetically engineered Dolls and the Fourth World of...
This is the home of Yama, found as an infant in a white boat on the world's Great River, raised by an obscure bureaucrat in an obscure town in the middle of a ruined necropolis, destined to become a clerk - until the discovery of his ...
The Jackaroo, those enigmatic aliens who claim to have come to help, gave humanity access to worlds littered with ruins and scraps of technology left by long-dead client races.
McAuley's latest novel is set in the same far-flung future as his last few novels, but this time he takes on a much more personal story. This is a tale of revenge, of murder and morality, of growing up and discovering the world around you.
THE QUIET WAR Who decides what it means to be human?
Twenty-third century Earth has been ravaged by climate change, and is now dominated by a few powerful families, with millions of people in prison and millions more labouring to rebuild ruined ecosystems.
I used to be your average, everyday girl but all that changed one night in Dublin when I saw my first Fae, and got dragged into a world of deadly immortals and ancient secrets .
I came at last to a place where I could lie in a hollow and see through the parted grass the mound and the rath which Callum had marked to be his own, above the river. The rath looked empty enough. There was no movement above the fence.
The epic tale of Elric of Melnibone, albino prince of ruins, moves to its awesome conclusion -with the whole of the natural and supernatural world in mighty conflict - the final conflict, Armageddon.
Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, Voyager, 2007. Copyright Stephen Baxter 2007. 'The Seer and the Silverman' first published in Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, SFBC, 2008. Copyright Stephen Baxter 2008.
Unholy Tricks: More Miraculous Card Play
Adele is determined to follow him and falls in with the mysterious scourge of Vampires, the Greyfriar.
Adele is determined to follow him and falls in with the mysterious scourge of Vampires, the Greyfriar.
A journey that offers redemption from guilt and sin. This is one of Robert Silverberg's most intense novels and draws heavily on Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS.