Lightborn, better known as 'shine', is a mind-altering technology that has revolutionised the modern world. It is the ultimate in education, self-improvement and entertainment - beamed directly into the brain of anyone who can meet the asking price. But in the city of Los Sombres, renegade shine has attacked the adult population, resulting in social chaos and widespread insanity in everyone past the age of puberty. The only solution has been to turn off the Field and isolate the city.Trapped within the quarantine perimeter, fourteen-year-old Xavier just wants to find the drug that can keep his own physical maturity at bay until the army shuts down the shine. That's how he meets Roksana, mysteriously impervious to shine and devoted to helping the stricken. As the military invades street by street, Xavier and Roksana discover that there could be hope for Los Sombres - but only if Xavier will allow a lightborn cure to enter his mind. What he doesn t know is that the shine in question has a mind of its own...
Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction 2011 Shortlist
Lightborn
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Lightborn, better known as 'shine', is a mind-altering technology that has revolutionised the modern world. It is the ultimate in education, self-improvement and entertainment - beamed directly into the brain of anyone w... Buy or find out more →
Declare
$23.99 – Paperback book / Corvus
As a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale found himself caught up in a secret war that culminated in a night of terror, death and failure on the icy slopes of Mount A... Buy or find out more →
Generosity
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Atlantic Books
When Russell Stone becomes the teacher of a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence, he is both entranced and troubled. How can this refugee from terror radiate such bliss? Is it possible to be so open... Buy or find out more →
The Dervish House
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Victor Gollancz
The new SF epic from Ian McDonald does for Turkey what BRASYL did for Brazil.
In the CHAGA novels Ian McDonald brought an Africa in the grip of a bizarre alien invasion to life, in RIVER OF GODS he painted a rich portrai... Buy or find out more →
Monsters Of Men: Chaos Walking Book Three
$27.95 – Paperback book / Walker Books
Winner of the 2011 Carnegie Medal
The electrifying finale to the multi-award-winning trilogy, Chaos Walking!
'War,' says the Mayor .'At last.'
Three armies have marched on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying ... Buy or find out more →
Zoo City
$16.99 – Paperback book / Angry Robot
Winner of the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction.
Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate ... Buy or find out more →
Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist 2011
Monsters Of Men: Chaos Walking Book Three
$27.95 – Paperback book / Walker Books
Winner of the 2011 Carnegie Medal
The electrifying finale to the multi-award-winning trilogy, Chaos Walking!
'War,' says the Mayor .'At last.'
Three armies have marched on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying ... Buy or find out more →
Lightborn
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Lightborn, better known as 'shine', is a mind-altering technology that has revolutionised the modern world. It is the ultimate in education, self-improvement and entertainment - beamed directly into the brain of anyone w... Buy or find out more →
Declare
$23.99 – Paperback book / Corvus
As a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale found himself caught up in a secret war that culminated in a night of terror, death and failure on the icy slopes of Mount A... Buy or find out more →
Generosity
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Atlantic Books
When Russell Stone becomes the teacher of a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence, he is both entranced and troubled. How can this refugee from terror radiate such bliss? Is it possible to be so open... Buy or find out more →
The Dervish House
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Victor Gollancz
The new SF epic from Ian McDonald does for Turkey what BRASYL did for Brazil.
In the CHAGA novels Ian McDonald brought an Africa in the grip of a bizarre alien invasion to life, in RIVER OF GODS he painted a rich portrai... Buy or find out more →
Zoo City
$22.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Winner of the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction.
Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate ... Buy or find out more →