The new novel by Canada’s top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their minds uploaded into a quantum computer in Waterloo, Ontario. One group consists of astronauts preparing for Earth’s first interstellar voyage. The other? Convicted murderers, serving their sentences in a virtual-reality prison. But when disaster strikes, the astronauts and …
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The Anatomy of Courage
Title: The Anatomy of Courage By: Peter Cawdron Pages: 361 Rating: 4 Dr. Christopher Walters has been assigned to a medical evac team serving on the front line of the war against the alien invaders known as the Novo. As part of the Dog Food Squad, his role is to provide battlefield triage to wounded …
Emancipation
Title: Emancipation By: BadGirlgoesworse Pages: None Rating: 4 What are dependents left to do when betrayed by those they trusted most, but to find a way to become masters in their own right. AU, OOC, set after DoM fiasco in OotP, slash: HP/SS, het: DM/GW, TN/HG, NL/LL, some bashing.Rated: Fiction M – English – Angst/Romance …
Slade House
Title: Slade House By: David Mitchell Pages: 241 Rating: 4 Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by …
Blind Lake
Title: Blind Lake By: Robert Charles Wilson Pages: 399 Rating: 4 Robert Charles Wilson, says The New York Times , “writes superior science fiction thrillers.” His Darwinia won Canada’s Aurora Award; his most recent novel, The Chronoliths , won the prestigious John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Now he tells a gripping tale of alien contact …
The Stranger in Her House
Title: The Stranger in Her House By: John Marrs Pages: 347 Rating: 4 A stranger has infiltrated your family…and now he’s taking over. Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about …
The Breakthrough Effect: A Science-Fiction Thriller
Title: The Breakthrough Effect: A Science-Fiction Thriller By: Douglas E. Richards Pages: 420 Rating: 4 The gripping near-future thriller by the author whose books have sold more than three million copies. Oliver Scott’s technology breakthroughs are revolutionary. But he’s hiding a devastating truth . . . Oliver Scott is the reclusive genius and trillionaire behind …
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Metaman
Title: Metaman By: Graham Storrs Pages: 407 Rating: 4 Becoming a metaman was more of an escape from Ross McGowan’s downward-spiralling life than a job he really wanted but years of isolation, degradation and drudgery in the service of the Post-Human Collective would give him plenty of time to regret the choice. The company of …
The Artifact
Title: The Artifact By: Peter Cawdron Pages: 314 Rating: 4 Five hundred miles from the Mediterranean, deep in the interior of Libya, lost in the heart of the Sahara itself, lies an oasis trapped in the past. With no surface water, Harat Zuwayyah barely supports any life at all. The scorching wind howls across the …