Title: The PriceAuthor: Matthew BarrowPublished by: Troubador Publishing LtdPublication date: 16th Jan 2024Genre: Dystopian Science FictionPages: 170Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Blurb/Synopsis In a future England, governed by the authoritarian Party of Order and Nation, individuals are selected at random to live in enforced poverty. The policy is called ‘the Price’: in order for the majority to live well, the policy…
Title: The Emperor\’s LegionAuthor: Chris WraightPublished by: Black LibraryPublication date: 16th Sept 2017Genre: Science-FictionPages: 16th Sept 2017Format: 352Source: Private CollectionSeries: Watchers of the Throne Blurb/Synopsis The Adeptus Custodes are the Emperor\’s praetorian guard, the defenders of Terra and watchers over the Golden Throne. But when a threat arises, they and their Sisters of Silence allies may find themselves pressed…
Title: Grak: Private InvestigatorAuthor: Joseph J BaileyPublished by: Independently PublishedPublication date: 19th Feb 2017Genre: Urban FantasyPages: 234Format: eBookSource: KindleSeries: Orc PI Blurb/Synopsis The city of Alyon is in trouble. Its citizens are turning into monsters. Not the good kind of monsters—terrifying, bloodthirsty, flesh-rending, citizen-killing monsters. When Grak’s favorite barkeep tells him that he will get a lifetime supply of free alcohol if…
Title: The Handmaid\’s TaleAuthor: Margaret AtwoodPublished by: VintagePublication date: 1985Genre: Dystopian Sci-FiPages: 324Format: PaperbackSource: Bury Library Blurb/Synopsis Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means \’of Fred\’. She has…
Title: Starship TroopersAuthor: Robert HeinleinPublished by: Hodder PaperbacksPublication date: December 1959Genre: Science FictionPages: 288Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Blurb/Synopsis 5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defense: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn blackness of space to hunt down a terrifying enemy: an insect life-form known only as \’Bugs.\’ This is the story of trooper Johnny Rico, from…
Title: SnapShotAuthor: Josie JaffreyPublished by: Silver Sun BooksPublication date: 3rd Jun 2021Genre: Science FictionPages: 38Format: eBookSource: Private Collection Affiliate Links Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis In Legacy A, sunlight is a privilege. Miss a day of your assigned job, turn up late or misbehave, and your rank drops. Let your rank drop too low and you\’ll be on the night…
Title: Solar Warden: Alien HostilesAuthor: Ian DouglasPublished by: HarperCollinsPublication date: 9th Dec 2021Genre: Science FictionPages: 392Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas delivers the action-packed second military sci-fi adventure in his Solar Warden series, set in a wildly imaginative alternate present where conspiracy theories are terrifying realities…
Title: DuneAuthor: Frank HerbertPublished by: HodderPublication date: August 1965Genre: Science FictionPages: 592Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for…