Britský autor, který se již v jednadvaceti letech etabloval jako výrazný hlas v žánrové literatuře. Jeho rané povídky, charakteristické obratností a tichou lidskostí, zkoumaly fantastické a realitu posouvající světy. Po období věnovaném publicistice se vrátil k beletrii s novou intenzitou, přičemž jeho pozdější díla využívají vědeckofantastické prvky k hlubšímu zobrazení světa jako místa inherentního tragického napětí. Jeho romány se ponořují do složitých společností, futuristických technologií a napínavých zápletek, často s globálním přesahem a znepokojivým pohledem na blízkou budoucnost.
Set in a post-war Parish, the story follows Adam as he anticipates a peaceful life, only to be drawn back into conflict by his superiors. Rumors swirl about Father John, a figure with a history of rebellion, who is allegedly amassing an army in Oxford and the Cotswolds. Adam is tasked with uncovering the truth behind these unsettling developments, setting the stage for intrigue and potential confrontation.
For Adam Hardy and his small Berkshire community, hardship is all they've ever known. For almost a century after the coming of The Sisters, the survivors of rainswept England have huddled in their tiny communities, scavenging the ruins of the old world. Now, finally, the Long Autumn is coming to an end, and society of a kind is starting to rebuild.
The two towns of Thornton and Cleveleys, joined together in name, have undergone an extraordinary amount of changeand development over the years. This book draws together an amazing collection of facts, old photographs and maps to bringto life the hidden history of this well-loved coastal area.
In a fractured Europe, new nations are springing up everywhere, some literally overnight. For an intelligence officer like Jim, it's a nightmare. Every week or so a friendly power spawns a new and unknown national entity which may or may not be friendly to England's interests. It's hard to keep on top of it all. But things are about to get worse for Jim. A stabbing on a London bus pitches him into a world where his intelligence service is preparing for war with another universe, and a man has come who may hold the key to unlocking Europe's most jealously-guarded secret... Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and British Science Fiction Awards
A visionary thriller of future espionage, broken borders, people smuggling, betrayal and an impossible secret The Guardian called, “a spellbinding novel of intrigue and paranoia.” Europe as we know it is gone. Devastated by a flu pandemic and crippled by economic collapse, the continent has fractured into countless tiny nations, a fragile web of shifting alliances seething with espionage and strange new technologies. In a small restaurant in Krakow, chef Rudi is drawn into a new career with Les Coureurs des Bois, a shadowy organisation that will move anything across any state line – for a price. Soon, Rudi is in a world of high-risk smuggling operations, where kidnappings and double-crosses are as natural as a map that constantly redraws itself.