Tag: science fiction

“Shall we start at the beginning?” Once upon a future time there was an orphan who was called Max, adopted as a baby by the Walker family, a

A thick chemical smog hangs over the hills and the denuded trees, a lone figure in hazmat suit and gasmask making their way under the thundery skies and

They might have known each other for a hundred years or only met a few moments before, Louis reminding Gabrielle as they talk in the elegant parlour of

It has long been a tool of writers to cloak a difficult truth in fiction, to slip past censors alert to sensitive topics, to avoid litigation, or to

From Space Station Delta in high orbit above the Earth a momentous mission is about to begin, the lightship Altares setting course for Alpha Centauri to seek out

The island of Skye off the north west coast of Scotland, the only barrier between it and the storms coming off the Atlantic Ocean the thin strip of

A lonely guest house nestled at the foot of the mountains in Inverness-shire, the Bonnie Charlie run by Mr and Mrs Jamieson is about to receive an influx

A project which has grown so large it has taken a life of its own, unable to be comprehended by a single mind, investigative panel or corporate board,

Celebrated “international author of the year,” Claire Rivers is not so much pouring herself into her new novel as pouring another bottle of wine into herself, with bills

According to a top secret report by the Space Alien Commission, produced in 2021 but only now seeing the light of day, albeit clandestinely, their research has indicated