When contact was lost with the colony on the planet Dirangesept the Far Warriors were sent to rescue them. Sitting in orbit above the planet controlling their autoid fighting machines by remote psi links, they thought they were invulnerable to whatever had killed the colonists. They were wrong. As hundred upon hundred of the autoids wee destroyed by what appeared to be fabulous mythological beasts the mental agony suffered by the warriors tipped their minds over the edge. And now, years later in a Britain scarred by freak geological collapses and minor volcanic eruptions, with a shadowy populations seeking escape from their grim lives via a contagious addiction to VR games, someone is killing the surviving Far Warriors. Reckless Sleep is a supremely assured and visionary SF debut. London in the far future assumes an almost biblical air as ash from volcanic eruptions forms drifts in the streets and villages disappear overnight into fresh fault lines. There is also a superb exam ination of the true dilemmas presented by VR. Combining the confident vision of Ken Macleod, the paranoia driven plotting of Philip K. Dick and a wholely original take on the SF standard of Virtual Reality this is a remarkable novel.

Reckless Sleep

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Levy, Roger

Fantasy

Victor Gollancz, Limited

Victor Gollancz

DARK HEAVENS takes us back to Roger Levy's stunning vision of a world counting out its final years as it literally falls apart. London is awash with volcanic ash, the population fatalistically playing out their lives in VR. But ReGenesis, the radical movement who started Earth's death with a series of controlled nuclear explosions in the Marina's trench have not finished with the planet yet. RECKLESS SLEEP was a supremely assured and visionary SF debut. DARK HEAVENS builds on that promise with flair and verve. Roger Levy has made a name for himself in record time. This is a remarkable sequence of novels in the making.

Dark Heavens (Gollancz)

Gollancz

This sequel to the acclaimed Reckless Sleep, called "brilliantly innovative" by Starburst magazine, takes readers back to Roger Levy's apocalyptic vision of a world in its final years, falling apart. London is awash with volcanic ash, and the fatalistic population distracts itself from the horror by burying themselves in virtual-reality programs. But something new has emerged: new religions that promise an escape to heaven itself. But to get there, you have to die first. And mass suicides have become common--and legal. Levy has made a name for himself in record time, and this remarkable novel builds on his promise with flair and verve.

Dark Heavens: ...await the Willing Dead

Science Fiction

Our planet is dying, literally falling apart, and the fatalistic population distracts itself from the horror by burying themselves in virtual-reality programs. But something new has emerged—a religion that promises an escape to heaven itself. But to get there, you have to die. Thousands of people at a time are promised heaven by the new prophets and delivered there with the complicity of the authorities. Darkly compelling, this is an apocalyptic tale of political intrigue, betrayal, and greed.

Dark Heavens: Await the Willing Dead

In this exemplary work of pyschological acuity, the reader encounters a world where mankind has reached deep space. Separated from Earth and each other by unimaginable reaches of stars, forced to adapt to various diverse plantetary environments, the colonies have become isolated and inward looking, forgetting their pasts, losing touch with their humanity—that is, until a mysterious ship is found locked in the deep rock by a mining team, sparking a deadly conspiracy that threatens man wherever he is.

Icarus

In this exemplary work of pyschological acuity, the reader encounters a world where mankind has reached deep space. Separated from Earth and each other by unimaginable reaches of stars, forced to adapt to various diverse plantetary environments, the colonies have become isolated and inward looking, forgetting their pasts, losing touch with their humanity—that is, until a mysterious ship is found locked in the deep rock by a mining team, sparking a deadly conspiracy that threatens man wherever he is.

Scottish nationalism at the crossroads

History

Europe

Scottish Academic Press Ltd

On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig. Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades: AfterLife, a social media platform that allows subscribers a chance at resurrection, based on the votes of other users. So many Lives, forever interlinked, and one structure at the centre of it all: the rig.

The Rig

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Titan Books

A world that is literally falling apart, a fresh take on VR, realistic flawed heroes and a fierce intelligence mark this out as a debut of unusual quality. London is drowning in volcanic ash and someone is hunting down the survivors of a failed war on our first colony planet.  Jon Sciler has to find out who before he is next.

Millennium Orion Publishing Group

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Reckless Sleep

Reckless Sleep

Dark Heavens (Gollancz)

Dark Heavens: ...await the Willing Dead

Dark Heavens: Await the Willing Dead

Icarus

Icarus

Scottish nationalism at the crossroads

The Rig

Reckless Sleep