This is a retelling of the Cinderella tale which takes place in a far future on Earth in a place called “New Beijing”. Cinder is a Cyborg; a brilliant mechanic who works in the marketplace as the (apparently) sole source of income for her stepmother and sisters. She was adopted into her family by the father, who had the misfortune (of course) to die immediately afterward of a very fatal plague. Of course the family falls upon hard times and of course the stepmother and at […]
Don’t Blink in Wink…New Mexico.
This is a little bit like “Pleasantville” (or the Stepford Wives) meets “The XFiles” plus a police procedural with a touch of Horror. Hard to classify. Mona Bright is a troubled ex-cop who inherits her long dead mother’s home in Wink, New Mexico. She doesn’t know much about her mom – mental illness, suicide, not much more. Mom died a long time ago and the house only reverted to Mona after her fathers death. Turns out, that her mom used to work at the quantum research […]
Sudden Death Is a Normal Way of Life on Spatterjay…
Neal Asher is truly one of the greats when it comes to unique Science Fiction and “The Skinner” is at the top of that list. The story takes place on the planet of Spatterjay, a watery world that hosts extremely weird and vicious native fauna, all of which is infected with a virus that makes them virtually invulnerable to harm. Most of the few human inhabitants on the planet live in a protected “Dome” and avoid contact with the wildlife. If the wildlife doesn’t kill you, it will infect you with […]
Alternative Victorian London with Reptilian Royalty
Let’s see… Steampunk, alternate Victorian London, Reptilian Royalty, diabolical Anarchists . What’s not to like. “The Bookman” is a terrorist who uses exploding books as weapons. Our hero is “The Orphan” who has lost his love to an explosion set off the Bookman at a crowded launch of a space probe to Mars. In his grief, the Orphan is determined to find out the truth about his love’s death and to find out who the Bookman is. His quest takes him into the heart […]