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===[[The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield]]===
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Europe – 1963. The world is used to the constant tensions between the West and Russia, with the Cold War a seemingly never ending threat in the lives of everyday people. What they don't know however, is that the real cold war is fought on the borders of this world, far from prying eyes at the edges of the light. British Intelligence agent Christopher Winter is forced to flee London when an assassination attempt goes horribly wrong, and is forced into a tense, unwelcome alliance with the lethal Karina Lazarova. As the threats rise, Christopher finds himself caught in a quest for centuries old hidden knowledge – an occult secret that will give instant supremacy to whichever nation possesses it. Racing against the enemy, Christopher is taken from ruins in Bavaria through to the haunted Hungarian border, all in search of something unholy – born of the power of white fire and black glass. It's a world of treachery, blood and magic. A world at war in the dark. [[The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield|Full Review]]
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===[[Ascension by Victor Dixen]]===
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Six girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the on-board cameras. They are the contenders in the Genesis programme, the world's craziest speed-dating show ever, aimed at creating the first human colony on Mars. Leonor, an 18 year old orphan, is one of the chosen ones. She has signed up for glory. She has signed up for love. She has signed up for a one-way ticket. Even if the dream turns to a nightmare, it is too late for regrets. [[Ascension by Victor Dixen|Full Review]]
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===[[Empire of Silence (Sun Eater) by Christopher Ruocchio]]===
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Hadrian Marlowe sits in the distant future writing the true account of his life to add context to a tale everyone in the Empire knows already. ''Empire of Silence'' is a hero's quest but it is made clear from the start that it will not end that way. We are millennia in the future, Earth has been lost and great houses rule portions of a vast empire. Hadrian Marlowe is set to inherit one of the great houses but following some terrible news he decides upon a new path instead. [[Empire of Silence (Sun Eater) by Christopher Ruocchio|Full Review]]
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===[[Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds]]===
[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]
What happens when Utopia is achieved? When everyone is linked neurologically to everyone else and people vote on each minor decision so every aspect of life is truly democratic? Everyone knows everything and everyone decides everything so what can possibly go wrong? Except people are dying, melting to be precise, and no one knows how, or why, or who could be next. In such a circumstance who can be trusted to solve this crime and do so without spreading panic? What if the only people who can be trusted have already let you down once before? [[Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds|Full Review]]
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===[[The Beasts of Electra Drive by Rohan Quine]]===
Meet Jaymi. He's a world-class video games designer, and fresh to a new mansion in the Hollywood Hills on the basis of some recent success. But he's seen the future and he doesn't like it. His current employers, able to bring any amount of class, skill and culture to the world of gameplay, are beset on appealing to the most lunkheaded and lowest common denominators instead. Indeed, their next big thing will change the world for the worse – it will be a massively disturbing environment, where people progress through the world of the entity by spreading fake news about anyone and everyone else on the planet, whether they're playing along or not, and by getting kind of prestige points on spoiling and shaming anything beyond a user-accepted, algorithm-designed, status quo. With a much more Reithian approach, Jaymi goes freelance, and sets up a way of restoring the balance with a launch of his own, where aspects of his more humanitarian mind are played out by avatars of him in the game. He sees this as a way to improve society and get his own back – but the chance of getting revenge more quickly comes about when those avatars leave their encoded background, and become fully playable characters in reality… [[The Beasts of Electra Drive by Rohan Quine|Full Review]]
<br!-- Doescher -->{{newreview|-|authorstyle=Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Doescher_Will.jpg|left|titlelink=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/159474985X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=Zenith 159474985X]] |ratingstyle=3"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||genre=Teens==[[William Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|summarylink=The Bloody Baroness is the captain Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a man called William Shakespeare, who was able to create a series of dramatic histories full of the starship Mauradermachinations most foul, rulers most evil and she rebellious heroes and her all-female crew wreak havoc wherever they go across the galaxyheroines most sturdy. On board, however, You may or may not have noticed the bloody baroness is just Andicinematic version of his original stage play for ''The Force Doth Awaken'', but here at last we get the misfit crew's friend and protector. One day they are capturedactual script, something that just never happens complete with annoying-in-different-ways-to them-before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in his oeuvre, and they find themselves facing up to their past livespeople keeping it in the family til it hurts. And if you need further encouragement, that they have been trying don't forget his audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the series is so hard to run away from. Will they be able popular we're on to face not just their fears but their own personal demons, part seven – surely making this over twice as they are blackmailed into an impossible rescue mission?good… [[William Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher|Full Review]] <!-- Brookmyre -->|-|amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>0008228337<"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Brookmyre_Places.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/amazonuk>035650624X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=035650624X]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle=Chris Brookmyre"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title===[[Places in the Darknessby Chris Brookmyre]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating=4}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|genre=Science Fiction]] |summary= Living in 2017 has me longing to live in some sort of futuristic Utopia, in a world of free thinking and no major crime. Perhaps in a Space Station high above the Earth were the greatest minds have travelled so that they can build a vessel that will send the next generations of humans to populate new planets. You know that as soon as you arrive it will be the same old problems. You can't really have a Utopia with people in it, can you?[[Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650624X</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]
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===[[Water & Glass by Abi Curtis]]===
It is difficult to properly review this book without giving too much away. There will be mild spoilers throughout this right from the start but I will try to avoid the main ones. [[Water & Glass by Abi Curtis|Full Review]]
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She came Surely, a nice visit to Artemis with her father aged sixEngland, it's far from the hustle and bustle of the only place she's ever known but she wouldn't say she's flourishingBig Apple, will help you to relax. In fact, It is not as if Russian Tsarists are on the loose with magical powers or the phrase most often used events are conspiring to describe Jazz is a waste raise the sleeping power of talentAlbion from its slumber. Jazz lives in the low end Is it? [[Ghosts of town, sleeping on a bunk, using a shared bathroom, which is all she can afford through her job as a porterEmpire by George Mann|Full Review]] <!-- Weir -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Weir_Artemis.jpg|link=http://www. However, Jazz dreams above all else of being rich and to this end, she has set up a side business of illegal smuggling activity. When one of Jazz's regular clients wants her to step up from petty criminal to major criminal for a handsome reward, it is just too tempting to refuseamazon.co.uk/dp/0091956943/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Artemis by Andy Weir]]=== [[image:3. What Jazz doesn't know is all the facts behind what she is being asked to do5star.jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>0091956943</amazonuk>Category:{{{rating}}}Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]]{{newreview|author= Wes Stuart|title= My Name is Sam|rating= 4|genre= Science Fiction|summary=Who is Welcome to Artemis, the real enemy? This is first city on the question which confronts Sam, moon. A powerhouse for the champion of the Sereia rich and a once in their cosmos-spanning war with the Gibbusa lifetime trip for earth tourists, and the main character in this storyalso a place a small community of citizens call home. Sam Jazz Bashara is an unimposing boy who has no past and no memory of who he is, yet he possesses extraordinary abilitiesone such citizen. He is also EarthShe came to Artemis with her father aged six, it's last hope for salvation from the Gibbus who, in seven days, will destroy only place she's ever known but she wouldn't say she's flourishing. In fact, the planet and everyone on it. This phrase most often used to describe Jazz is not his choice however: that is the decision a waste of talent. Jazz lives in the alien Sereialow end of town, sleeping on a bunk, his mentors and guidesusing a shared bathroom, as he which is forced to confront this hazardous taskall she can afford through her job as a porter. They have their own reasons for wanting Earth However, Jazz dreams above all else of being rich and to be savedthis end, but are too weak she has set up a side business of illegal smuggling activity. When one of Jazz's regular clients wants her to challenge the Gibbus themselves. 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The few remaining bots are called 'freebots,' Sam is an unimposing boy who has no past and inhabit a desert called the Sea no memory of Rustwho he is, where they do what they can to survive, including cannibalising other bots yet he possesses extraordinary abilities. He is also Earth's last hope for spare parts.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473212782</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Paul McAuley|title= Austral|rating= 3.5|genre= Science Fiction|summary= Austral has no doubts about who she salvation from the Gibbus who, in seven days, will destroy the planet and everyone on it. This is. Her birth wasnot his choice however: that is the decision of the alien Sereia, his mentors and guides, as she puts it, ''a political acthe is forced to confront this hazardous task. Conceived in They have their own reasons for wanting Earth to be saved, but are too weak to challenge the Gibbus themselves. In their search for a laboratory dish by direct injection of sperm into an egg. I was customised by a suite of targeted genes…'' She washuman champion they find the unlikely and ill-prepared young boy, Sam – but this child is not quite as the jargon of her world has it ''edited''. She he appears… [[My Name is, as a result, a Husky. A human modified to withstand the cold temperatures of the Antarctic continent. Those temperatures are still hard for unSam by Wes Stuart|Full Review]] <!-- Cargill --modified humans to survive in, but maybe not for much longer>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Cargill_Sea.jpg|link=http://www. This is a world in which the threats of global warming went unheeded…a world in which the ice has retreated and continues to retreat…a world in which the harshest of environments is being opened up for exploitationamazon.co.|amazonukuk/dp/1473212782/ref=nosim?tag=<amazonuk>1473217318</amazonuk>thebookbag-21]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle= Geoffrey Arnold"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title= Hunted|rating= 4|genre= Science Fiction=[[Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|summarylink=Tullia learns about survival in Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] Have you ever watched the bush when she is taken hostage and later saves a youthTerminator movies or some similar 'Robo-geddon's life during a hunt. Adopted into a Bushman family franchise and wondered what would have happened if the triberobots had actually won? Well wonder no more, her presence stirs disparate feelings amongst the young men and women, a mixture because Sea of awe, desire, fear and hate. Living Rust hinges on that exact premise; a very different life, Qwelby, Tullia's twin, is deeply shocked by the violence on Earthworld where the robots have wiped out every living thing from planet earth. As he Only artificial life remains; there is rescued by his four best friends from the Pit no trace of Despairorganic matter anywhere, he experiences his first feelings since the robot uprising that devastated the planet. Now two huge mainframes compete for Tamina, world domination: CISSUS and VIRGIL. They capture robots and turn them into drones; uploading their minds into a girl he has known for yearshive consciousness. Feelings which become much stronger for another girl he tries to help during a violent attack from his own world as he The few remaining bots are called 'freebots,' and Tullia seek to restore their telepathic link. Forming inhabit a connection with desert called the twins during the attackSea of Rust, the girlwhere they do what they can to survive, Xaala, is charged including cannibalising other bots for spare parts. [[Sea of Rust by her master with monitoring their attempts to mentally reconnect – and to prevent them. Xaala is torn between her mixed feelings for the twins and obeying her orders. Meanwhile, on the planet Vertazia and in secret, Quelby's family and friends build what they hope will be the first ever inter-dimensional transport. On a short test run, the village where he is staying is discovered. When Quelby finds out he is being watched, he flees from the village.C Robert Cargill|Full Review]] <!-- McAuley -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mcauley_Austral.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473217318/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] |amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>1785891855</amazonuk>}}{{newreview"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|author=Daniel Suarez|title=Change Agent|rating=3.5|genre=Science Fiction[[Austral by Paul McAuley]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|summarylink=I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I had blue eyesCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] Austral has no doubts about who she is. Her birth was, I wishas she puts it, I wish, I wish''a political act. In the genetic lottery that is our lives we are given Conceived in a selection from our mother and our father to work withlaboratory dish by direct injection of sperm into an egg. HoweverI was customised by a suite of targeted genes…'' She was, although they may be over six footas the jargon of her world has it ''edited''. She is, as a result, you could still end up being shortera Husky. You can't currently choose what coding you get, but what if you could cherry pick A human modified to withstand the best aspects cold temperatures of your family traits? the Antarctic continent. It would be a great way Those temperatures are still hard for un-modified humans to save people from hereditary diseasesurvive in, but would we end up with maybe not for much longer. This is a world full in which the threats of identikit humans all following global warming went unheeded…a world in which the latest genetic fashions? In the future someone would need ice has retreated and continues to be retreat…a world in charge which the harshest of stopping science going too farenvironments is being opened up for exploitation.[[Austral by Paul McAuley|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>110198466X</amazonuk!-- Arnold -->}}{{newreview|-|authorstyle= Stephen Baxter "width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Arnold_Hunted.jpg|titlelink= Xeeleehttp: Vengeance |rating//www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785891855/ref= 2|genrenosim?tag= Science Fictionthebookbag-21]] |summarystyle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===Michael Poole, Earth's greatest living engineer, changed the galaxy when he opened a worm hole to allow for quick and easy transportation across the solar system[[Hunted by Geoffrey Arnold]]=== [[image:4star. However, such a thing was created with a degree of naivety and a lack of foresight because out of the worm hole flew an unknown vessel of alien origin. 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Living a very different life, Qwelby, Tullia's twin, is deeply shocked by the violence on Earth has plenty of that to be absorbed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473217172</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Daniel Godfrey|title=Empire As he is rescued by his four best friends from the Pit of Time (New Pompeii)|rating=5|genre=Science Fiction|summary=Warning: Spoilers Despair, he experiences his first feelings for Tamina, a girl he has known for [[New Pompeii by Daniel Godfrey|Book 1]] from the beginningyears.The experiment Feelings which become much stronger for another girl he tries to study Ancient Romans by transporting them through time help during a violent attack from his own world as he and Tullia seek to restore their telepathic link. Forming a new Pompeii just before connection with the disaster hits twins during the old one sounded great in theory. The practice has been going on for years nowattack, but the modern girl, Xaala, is charged by her master with monitoring their attempts to mentally reconnect – and old worlds living alongside each other in an uneasy peaceto prevent them. Scientist Nick Houghton only ever wanted to live within Xaala is torn between her mixed feelings for the experiment out of curiosity but it's more dangerous than he ever dreamttwins and obeying her orders. Since he arrivedMeanwhile, on the planet Vertazia and in secret, heQuelby's watched family and friends build what they hope will be the Romans kill the inventors of the machine that saved themfirst ever inter-dimensional transport. NickOn a short test run, or Decimus Horatius Pullus to give him his Roman namethe village where he is staying is discovered. 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