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And his children, the King’s T A Willberg a Bosnian refugee, the Most Haunted Car in England, a bunch of teenagers loaded written at the start of the new millennium by Guard, have undergone similar changes. … and many others. on Ketamine and seemingly-harmless the master of British science fiction. A new They were infected by the virus during the wooden bench with the darkest of pasts… edition of a modern classic. last humans-versus-prador war, now lapsed All the books in this catalogue A hardcover, deluxe edition. Satirical SF (reissue) PBK $19.99 into an uneasy truce. But the prador are are new books due for release in always looking for new weapons – and their June 2021. Urban fantasy (reissue) HC $49.99 And the Lurid Glare experimentation program might give them the edge they seek. 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Rose must infiltrate Widowland – to find the by General Arisaydia to resurrect Penric’s As the Traitor God’s army grows and war As Gavin is groomed for his future role, source of this rebellion and ensure that it is medical skills and solve its lethal riddle. looms ever closer, Sentinel Branwyn arrives Judah comes to realise that she has no real quashed. An alternative history with a strong In the grueling days that follow, Pen will find in the gleaming city-state of Heliodar to position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope feminist twist, perfect for fans of Robert that even his magic is not enough to meet ask its High Council for aid. Its youngest at all of ever travelling beyond its castle walls. 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He her into silence, and if Amani crosses traitor to his planet, willing to do anything its only chance of rescue coming from a finds himself ordered to undertake a perilous Maram once more, her identity – and her to stop his grandfather from seizing control surprising source. With the Borman suddenly new mission outside of the reaches of human- betrayal – will be revealed to everyone in of Laterre, even if it means joining the out of commission and far beyond reach, occupied space while the Senate clashes over the court. Amani is desperate to continue Vangarde, a rebel group back from the dead. cislunar space begins falling into chaos as the evidence. Geary’s warships must escort a helping the rebellion, to fight for her people’s Chatine is a prisoner on Bastille. Desperate critical satellites fail and valuable lunar diplomatic and scientific mission across the freedom. 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Searching for the truth sacrifice, Marshall Hunter will have to find former Syndicate officials who have rebelled she bear to remain separated, forever, from about her mysterious past, she soon finds a way to save both his crewmates and their and regard the Alliance with deep suspicion. Maram’s fiancé, Idris? The sequel to Mirage herself hunted by the Regime, for reasons civilian charges. And that will be the easy part… The first in a (PBK, $17.99). she’s only beginning to understand. But when Military SF TP $35.95 new series set in the Lost Fleet universe. YA fantasy PBK $17.99 Laterre is threatened by the emergence of a deadly new weapon, these three renegades Space opera HC $57.95 must risk everything, travelling to the far Science Fiction & Fantasy June 2021 (continued)

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K can’t get enough of the game and them, and Daniel’s mind starts to unravel meteors impacted heavily around the dying Pinsker, Sarah has been trying to find a way in, for years. from the horror of things he cannot explain. mining town of Northfall, Minnesota. It was In this collection, Pinsker weaves music, Then Alan Scarpio, reclusive billionaire Unexpected twists and turns echo the path the night of a mysterious double murder, the memory, technology, history, mystery, love, and alleged Rabbits winner, shows up out of of the ancient trail they walk upon. The lines deed overshadowed by the discovery that the loss, and even multiple selves on generation nowhere. And he charges K with a desperate begin to blur between reality and madness, burning remains of the rock contained an ships and cruise ships, on highways and high mission. 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And, suddenly, the fate of Ghost story PBK $19.99 Pinsker also knows that the heart wants what the entire universe is at stake. the heart wants and that is not always right, SF thriller TP $32.99 Science Fiction & Fantasy June 2021 (continued) or easy. The baker’s dozen stories, gathered the beginning of the challenges that the her powers, she’s bound to a spirit and thrust Empire in Black and Gold here (including a new, previously-unpublished magical order, the Invisible Sword, faces to into a world of palace intrigue and deception. Shadows of the Apt 01 story!) turn readers into travellers to the past, free the underground city of Zirdai. Though, Desperate to escape, Rovan finds herself Tchaikovsky, Adrian the future, and explorers of the weirder points they have allies among the monks and falling for two people she can’t fully trust: Seventeen years ago, Stenwold witnessed of the present. splinter cells inside the city, Shyla knows the Lydea, a beguiling, rebellious princess; and the Wasp Empire storming the city of Myna Post-apocalypse PBK $19.99 Invisible Sword doesn’t have the strength to Ivrilos, the handsome spirit with the ability to in a brutal war of conquest. Since then, he win. With the group fracturing due to the control Rovan, body and soul. Together, they has preached vainly against this threat in his strain of losses from their latest ordeal, thinly uncover a secret that will destroy Thanopolis. We Shall Rise home city of Collegium, but now the Empire veiled suspicions and endless disagreements, To save them all, Rovan will have to start Black Tide Rising 10 is on the march, with its spies and its armies it’s up to Shyla to forge a new united order. a rebellion in both the mortal world and Ringo, John & Poole, Gary everywhere, and the Lowlands lie directly When both the draconian Water Prince and the underworld, and find a way to trust the The world has been brought to its knees by in its path. All the while, Stenwold has been brutal Heliacal Priestess learn of Shyla’s new princess and spirit battling for her heart – if the ‘zombie virus’. Nations have fallen, cities training youthful agents to fight the Wasp powers, life becomes even more complicated she doesn’t betray them first. have been overrun by the infected, and the advance, and the latest recruits include his as they will stop at nothing to capture YA fantasy TP $19.99 human race has come perilously close to niece, Che, and his mysterious ward, Tynisa. Shyla and take the magic of The Eyes, for extinction. But with the first winter come When his home is violently attacked, he is themselves. Hunted at every turn and unable and gone, the infected have been reduced to Dead Lies Dreaming forced to send them ahead of him and, hotly to hide, Shyla and the Invisible Sword must not much more than a background nuisance New Management 01 pursued, they fly by airship to Helleron, the use every resource at their command – and and survivors around the world are taking Stross, Charles first city in line for the latest Wasp invasion. unearth new ones – in their race to save the stock and vowing to rebuild and rise up – In a nightmarish vision of a Britain where Stenwold and Che are Beetle-kinden, one city from destruction. But their enemies stronger, better, and unafraid. All new stories magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman of many human races that take their powers always seem to be one step ahead. And the from John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series and a group of petty criminals are pulled into and inspiration each from a totem insect, but cost to win the battle may be more than Shyla by: Kevin J Anderson; Brendon DuBois; a heist – to find a forbidden book of spells that he also has allies of many breeds: Mantis, would ever be willing to pay… The sequel to Jody Lynn Nye; Michael Z Williamson & should never be opened. A new adventure Spider, Ant, with their own particular skills. The Eyes of Tamburah (PBK, $19.99). Stephanie Osborn; Kacey Ezell; Mike Massa; begins, in the world of the Laundry Files. Foremost is the deadly Mantis-kinden YA fantasy PBK $19.99 Christopher L Smith; Lydia Sherrer; Jason Now in paperback. Recommended. warrior, Tisamon, but other very unlikely Cordova; Brian Trent; Patrick Vanner; and Urban fantasy PBK $22.99 allies also join the cause. As things go Jamie Ibson. Fire with Fire from bad to worse amid escalating dangers, Soria, Destiny Stenwold learns that the Wasps intend to Post-apocalypse HC $55.00 First, Become Ashes Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to use the newly completed railroad between Szpara, K M kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more Helleron and Collegium to launch a lightning New Horizons: Lark spent the first twenty-four years of his different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a strike into the heart of the Lowlands. Then life training for a righteous quest: to rid the the Gollancz Book of South back seat to normal high school life, while he gathers all of his agents to force a final world of monsters. Alongside his partner Asian Science Fiction Eden prioritises training above everything showdown in the engine yard… A reissue of Kane, he wore the cage and endured the anthology else. Yet, they both agree on one thing: the first book in Tchaikovsky’s debut fantasy scourge in order to develop his innate magic. Saint, Tarun K (editor) it’s kill, or be killed, where dragons are series, with new jacket art. He never thought that when Kane left, he’d A breathtaking collection of new science concerned. Until Dani comes face-to-face Fantasy (reissue) PBK $19.99 next see him in the company of FBI agents fiction from the South Asian subcontinent, with one and forges a rare and magical bond and a SWAT team. He never dreamed that collected together for the very first time. The with him. As she gets to know Nox, she the leader of the Fellowship would be brought Dragonfly Falling citizens of Karachi wake up and discover realises that everything she thought she knew up on charges of abuse and assault. He never Shadows of the Apt 02 the sea missing from their shores, the last about dragons is wrong. With Dani lost to expected the government would tell him that Tchaikovsky, Adrian Parsi on Earth must escape to other worlds the dragons, Eden turns to mysterious and the monsters aren’t real – that there is no Two young companions, Totho and Salma, when debt collectors come knocking, and a alluring sorcerers to help save her sister. Now, magic, that all his pain was for nothing. Lark arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp family visiting a Partition-themed park gets on opposite sides of the conflict, each sister is determined to fulfil his quest, to defeat the army, but are there mistakenly apprehended more entertainment than they bargained for. will do whatever it takes to save the other. monsters he was promised. Along the way he as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, These stories and others showcase the epic But the two are playing with magic that is will grapple with the past, confront love, and the city is already under siege. Over in the scope of science fiction from the South Asian more dangerous than they know, and there discover his long-buried truth. First, Become imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, subcontinent. Offering a fresh perspective is another, more powerful enemy waiting for Ashes contains explicit sadomasochism and is becoming captivated by a remarkable on our hyper-global, often alienating and them both in the shadows. sexual content, as well as abuse and consent slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he always paranoid world, New Horizons brings YA fantasy PBK $19.99 violations, including rape. knows of magic that can grant eternal life. together tales of masterful imagination where In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still humanity and love may triumph, yet. Urban fantasy HC $54.99 The Wolf Wore Plaid trying to persuade the city magnates to take Science fiction PBK $22.99 Highland Wolf 06 seriously the Wasp Empire’s imminent threat Shards of Earth Spear, Terry to their survival. A reissue of Tchaikovsky’s Final Architects 01 Greythorne Heather MacNeil has never backed down debut fantasy series, with new jacket art. Tchaikovsky, Adrian Bloodleaf Trilogy 02 from a fight. So, when some shady shifters Fantasy (reissue) PBK $19.99 The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one Smith, Crystal from a neighbouring enemy clan come chance discovery… Idris has neither aged nor Princess Aurelia’s life is upended when the looking for trouble, she refuses to feed slept since they remade his mind in the war. Blood of the Mantis kingdom she thought she saved falls to ruin, a their satisfaction. There’s only one wolf And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes Shadows of the Apt 03 loved one is tragically killed in a shipwreck, that makes her go soft… For packmate by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the Tchaikovsky, Adrian and her home country turns against her. With Enrick MacQuarrie, the work as second in attention of greater powers. Eighty years ago, Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, no place left to call her own, Aurelia returns command never ends – as the feud ignites, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow to Greythorne Manor – her best friend’s clan security is more vital than ever. But a escaped, but millions more died. So, mankind Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, but he has family mansion – only to find that Greythorne certain unpredictable, feisty Highland lass created enhanced humans ­ such as Idris – who only days before the magical box is lost to has sinister secrets of its own. With enemies is determined to stand up to the aggressors, could communicate, mind to mind, with our him forever. Meanwhile, the forces of the closing in on all sides, Aurelia is caught in a and Enrick is equally determined to protect aggressors. Then these ‘Architects’ simply Empire are mustering over winter for their mad fight to protect the only people she has her. Heather and Enrick grow ever closer, but disappeared, and Idris and his kind became great offensive, gathering their soldiers and left – her family. In her darkest moments, will they be willing to sacrifice their wild obsolete. Now, Idris and his crew have perfecting their new weapons. Stenwold when all seems grim, will Aurelia find a spark friendship, for true love? something strange, abandoned in space. It’s and his followers have only a short time to of hope from a love she thought long lost? Paranormal romance PBK $19.99 clearly the work of the Architects – but are gather what allies they can before the Wasp The sequel to Bloodleaf (PBK, $26.95). armies march again, conquering everything YA fantasy TP $26.95 they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted In the Ravenous Dark by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris in their path. If they cannot throw back the Strickland, A M and his crew race across the galaxy hunting Wasps this spring then the imperial black- The City of Zirdai In Thanopolis, those gifted with magic are for answers. For they now possess something and-gold flag will fly over every city in the Archives of the Invisible Sword 02 assigned undead spirits to guard them – and of incalculable value, that many would kill to Lowlands before the year’s end. In Jerez, a Snyder, Maria V control them. Ever since Rovan’s father died obtain it. The first instalment of a new series fierce struggle begins over the Shadow Box, Through her courage and tenacity, Shyla trying to keep her from this fate, she’s hidden by Tchaikovsky. as lake creatures, secret police and renegade Sun-Kissed has awoken the power of The her magic. But when she accidentally reveals Science fiction TP $32.99 magicians compete to take possession. If it Eyes of Tamburah. But this feat only marks Science Fiction & Fantasy June 2021 (continued) falls into the hands of the Wasp Emperor, Sir Gawain and full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, him, he will pay. And whatever that requires, however, then no amount of fighting will the Green Knight and introduces a major new literary voice. he will do. Terrence Murphy is coming for suffice to save the world from his relentless with Pearl and Sir Orfeo ‘Gatsby, the way it should have been written – whoever has orchestrated fifty-six years of ambition. A reissue of Tchaikovsky’s debut dark, dazzling, fantastical.’ – R F Kuang. bloodshed and slaughter, and Hell itself is Tolkien, J R R & Tolkien, fantasy series, with new jacket art. Historical fantasy HC $55.00 coming with him. A new novel in the world Christopher (editor) Fantasy (reissue) PBK $19.99 of In Fury Born (PBK, $25.95) – one of David A collection of three medieval English Weber’s most celebrated novels. poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern- The Ruthless Lady’s Space opera HC $55.00 Salute the Dark day reader; containing romance, tragedy, Guide to Wizardry Shadows of the Apt 04 love, sex, and honour. Sir Gawain and the Waggoner, C M Tchaikovsky, Adrian Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by Dellaria Wells, petty con artist, occasional Ashes of the Sun The vampiric sorcerer Uctebri has at last an unknown author, written in about 1400. thief, and partly educated fire witch, is behind Burningblade & Silvereye 01 got his hands on the Shadow Box and can Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy tale for on her rent in the city of Leiscourt – again. Wexler, Django finally begin his dark ritual – a ritual that the adults, full of life and colour; but it is also Then she sees the ‘wanted’ sign, seeking Long ago, a magical war destroyed an empire, Wasp-kinden Emperor believes will grant much more than this, being at the same time a Female Persons, of Martial or Magical and a new one was built in its ashes. But still him immortality. But Uctebri has his own powerful moral tale which examines religious ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance, the old grudges simmer, and two siblings plans both for the Emperor and the Empire. and social values. Pearl is apparently an elegy prior to the celebration of her Marriage. will fight on opposite sides to save their The massed Wasp armies are on the march, on the death of a child, a poem pervaded Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins world… Gyre hasn’t seen his beloved sister and the spymaster Stenwold must see which with a sense of great personal loss: but, like a team of highly peculiar women tasked since their parents sold her to the mysterious of his allies will stand now that the war has Gawain it is also a sophisticated and moving with protecting their wealthy charge from Twilight Order. Now, twelve years after her finally arrived. This time the Empire will not debate, on much less tangible matters. unknown assassins. Delly quickly sets her disappearance, Gyre’s sole focus is revenge, stop until a black and gold flag waves over Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging sights on one of her companions, the confident and he’s willing to risk anything and anyone Stenwold’s own home city of Collegium. to an earlier and different tradition. It was and well-bred Winn Cynallum. The job looks to claim enough power to destroy the Order. Tisamon the Weaponsmaster is faced with a a special favourite of Tolkien’s. The three like nothing but romance and easy money Chasing rumours of a fabled city protecting terrible choice: a path that could lead him to translations represent the complete rhyme and until things take a deadly (and undead) turn. a powerful artefact, Gyre comes face-to- abandon his friends and his daughter, to face alliterative schemes of the originals. With the help of a bird-loving necromancer, a face with his lost sister. But she isn’t who degradation and loss, but that might possibly Tolkien PBK $19.99 shapeshifting schoolgirl, and an ill-tempered she once was. Trained to be a warrior, Maya bring him before the Wasp Emperor with reanimated mouse named Buttons, Delly and wields magic for the Twilight Order’s cause. a blade in his hand. But is he being driven Questland Winn are determined to get the best of an Standing on opposite sides of a looming civil by Mantis-kinden honour, or manipulated war, the two siblings will learn that not even Vaughn, Carrie adversary who wields a twisted magic and has by something more sinister? A reissue of the ties of blood will keep them from splitting Literature professor Dr Addie Cox is living friends in the highest of places. Tchaikovsky’s debut fantasy series, with the world in two. The first book in a new epic a happy, if sheltered, life in her ivory tower Fantasy PBK $24.99 new jacket art. fantasy trilogy, now in paperback. when Harris Lang, the famously eccentric Fantasy (reissue) PBK $19.99 Fantasy PBK $19.99 billionaire tech genius, offers her an unusual Governor job. He wants her to guide a mercenary strike Ascent to Empire 01 Threadneedle team sent to infiltrate his island retreat off the Weber, David & Fox, Richard Warrior’s Ransom Language of Magic 01 northwest coast of the United States. Addie For more than fifty years, the Terran First Argentines 02 Thomas, Cari is puzzled by her role on the mission until Federation and the Terran League have Wheeler, Jeff Within the boroughs of London, nestled she understands what Lang has built: Insula been killing one another. The death toll has After a pilgrimage to the East Kingdoms among its streets, hides another city, filled Mirabilis, an isolated resort where tourists climbed ever higher, year after year, with seeking a blessing from the Fountain, source with magic. ‘Magic and love. Love and will one day pay big bucks for a convincing, no end in sight. But the members of the Five of the land’s magic, Sir Ransom Barton magic. They destroy everything in the end…’ high-tech-powered fantasy-world experience, Hundred, the social elite of the Republic’s returns home in search of two dreams: Anna’s Aunt has always warned her of the complete with dragons, unicorns, and, yes, Heart Worlds, don’t care. Their star systems Claire de Murrow, the heiress he loves, and dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its magic. Unfortunately, one of the island’s are light years from any threat of attack. Their a patron for his warrior skills. Unexpectedly, deadly consequences. Now, Anna counts employees has gone rogue and activated children are sheltered from the ‘mandatory Ransom finds himself in the favour of Devon, down the days to the ceremony that will an invisible force shield that has cut off all service’ that falls so heavily on the Fringe the notorious Elder King. Brought into the bind her magic forever. Until she meets outside communication. A Coast Guard cutter Worlds’ backs. Their trade connections ruler’s mesnie and given two wards of his Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a attempting to pass through the shield has been with the Rishathan Sphere bring them own, Ransom is devoted to his privileged London she never knew existed. A shop destroyed. Suspicion rests on Dominic Brand, wealth and influence. And their contracts new position. He’s also privy to the running that sells memories. A secret library, where the project’s head designer – and Addie Cox’s to build ships, fighters, missiles, and all the of the realm and to all its courtly intrigues – the librarian feeds off words. A club, where ex-boyfriend. Lang has tasked Addie and the other sinews of war have made them the notably, the machinations of the king’s three revellers lose themselves in a haze of spells. mercenary team with taking back control of wealthiest human beings in the history of remaining sons, all engaged in a manipulative But as she is swept deeper into this world, the island at any cost. But Addie is wrestling the galaxy. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy battle to become heir to the throne. As Anna begins to wonder if her Aunt was right, demons of her own – and not the fantastical is a Heart Worlder. His family is part of the Ransom is thrust into the middle of poisonous all along. Is her magic a gift… or a curse? kind. Now, she must navigate the deadly traps Five Hundred. 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When Clara starts She’s also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated The first daughter is for the throne. The Murphy is a man who believes in honour. training with her team-mates, however, she as an exotic attraction by her peers, while second daughter is for the wolf. As the only Who believes in duty – in common decency realises what fighting monsters really means: the most important doors remain closed to Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has and responsibility. Who believes there are sore muscles, exhaustion, and worst of all, her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal one purpose – to be sacrificed to the Wolf dark and dangerous secrets behind the façade death. Scrabs are unpredictable, violent, and pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and in the Wood, in order to save her kingdom. of what ‘everyone knows’. Terrence Murphy terrifying. But as Clara gains confidence in elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a intends to meet those responsibilities and her battle skills, she starts to realise scrabs Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of dangerous power she can’t control, at least unearth those secrets, and he doesn’t much might not be the biggest evil. The true a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo’s she knows that in the Wilderwood, she care what the Five Hundred want. He intends monsters are the ones you least expect. debut novel reinvents this classic of the can’t hurt those she loves. Again. But the to put a stop to the killing. Wherever that YA science fiction TP $26.95 American canon as a coming-of-age story legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a takes him, he will go. Whatever that costs Science Fiction & Fantasy June 2021 (continued)

monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. had ever found… London, 1958: Elaborately Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on she can’t afford. She’s certain a deadly enemy And if she doesn’t learn how to use it, the disguised and hidden deep beneath the city’s his mind, Max and his long-time friend (and, watches her every move, but it’s not until Wilderwood – and her world – will be lost streets lies the world of Miss Brickett’s, a secretly, the love of his life) Akiko, decide to Benny kisses her that she tastes true danger… forever. ‘Dazzling… This is sure to enchant’ – secret detective agency. From traversing get even – by rebooting the internet. After all, Paranormal romance TP $37.95 Publishers Weekly (starred review). deceptive escape rooms full of baited traps in order to fix things, sometimes you have to and hidden dangers, to engineering almost break them. 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Will Rebel’s Karma The trilogy has been translated into Russian, apprentice Marion Lane for what happens, Chloe Cary revive her acting career with Dark Protectors 13 Czech, German, and Hungarian, and has been after the arrest of her friend and mentor, the help of the princeling Treble, or will the Zanetti, Rebecca reprinted several times in Poland, but never Frank, on suspicion of murder: he tasks insurgents take both their lives? Will Whistle For too long, Benjamin Reese has masked into English. The first volume, Na Srebrnym Marion with clearing his name and saving his or Twoclicks wind up in charge of Earth, his deadly skills and temper with loyalty and Globie (On the Silver Globe, 1903) describes, life. Her investigation will place Marion and and how will the Mother, who runs all of humour. A vampire-demon hybrid, he fiercely in the form of a diary, the story of a marooned her friends in great peril as they venture into S’hudon, choose between them? 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It detectives who lived beneath the streets of dark side of big tech. When he questions what dangerous, and desirable Benjamin Reese and is ones of the early works of science fiction, London in a labyrinth of twisted tunnels and his company does with the data they collect, everything he loves – an impossible task even long recognised as an influential work that ancient hallways, the entrance to which no one he’s fired… then black-balled across Silicon before his touch arouses a passionate hunger has not previously been available in English. Science fiction (reissue) TP $39.95