By Alan Campbell
Scar Night, first book in The Deepgate Codex series, is the brilliantly atmospheric debut novel from Scottish author and ex Rockstar Games programmer, Alan Campbell.
The Deepgate of the series title is a city that hangs suspended on chains over an enormous black abyss. Over many millennia, this network of chains has [...]
Simon Haynes, author of the uproariously funny Hal Spacejock adventure series has decided to release the first book, get this, FOR FREE!
To give you a flavour for the book; an incompetent, accident-prone pilot is given one last chance to save his ship. An ageing robot is trusted with a midnight landing in a deserted [...]
The Trophy Taker is a taut and gripping thriller set in the seamy world of Hong Kong’s triad-run hostess bars. The plot revolves around a serial killer who is targeting lone western women and leaving behind bags of mutilated body parts with certain bits missing - the ‘trophies’ of the title - and a [...]
By John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi’s follow up to his debut novel Old Man’s War, proves beyond doubt that he knows how to write a fast-paced, sci-fi action thriller.
Interestingly, it’s not a direct sequel, but it is set in the same universe, dealing with The Ghost Brigades, soldiers that readers of the last [...]
After the break, nicely replenished with upmarket cheeseburger, fries and a milkshake I pushed my way through the town square that was fast becoming ‘Emo Central’ and headed back to the Assembly Rooms for the first of the evening sessions, scriptwriting, featuring Graham Joyce, Philip Palmer and Michael Marshall Smith.
Now the truth is that I [...]
Arranged by Alex Davis and Derby Council, Alt.Fiction is a day of panels, workshops and readings by a decent cross section of successful science fiction and fantasy authors, aimed at would-be science fiction and fantasy authors and fans of the genre(s). The day kicks-off rather sensibly at noon - which is good because Derby [...]
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