John Marrs has written a bunch of near future dystopias in which technology is pushed just a tad too far. This one is my favourite because of the plausibility of the tech and the twisty-turniness of he story.
'Provocative, terrifying and compulsive. Another savagely clever near future thriller' - Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home.
From author of THE ONE - now a major Netflix series - and soon to be published THE FAMILY EXPERIMENT!
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Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide.
When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-driving cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course.
The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an undocumented immigrant, a husband and wife…
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate… and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder against everything from bandits and roving inquisitors to her own in-laws… and the sword itself may prove to be the greatest threat of all.
You think you know how the world works? Think again.
21st Century America
Magic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past.
After translating a series of ancient texts, Melisande and Tristan discover the connection between science, magic and time travel and so the Department of Diachronic Operations - D.O.D.O. - is hastily brought into existence. Its mission: to develop a device that will send their agents back to the past, where they can stop magic…
In this comic fantasy, daydreamer Imperceptibility Happenstance enjoys a good adventure, but only within her imagination. Perhaps things will change when she acquires a magic lamp… And they do: soon after being press-ganged into the navy, she finds herself cast adrift after a mutiny, heading for the underworld and the terrifying Kharon. All she wants is to get home, but her journey continues via the mysterious tunnels of the Humble Monks, sacrifice to a quantum dragon, and an explosive confrontation with a ruthless businessman; and it gets worse from there. Finally, home is within reach, but she realizes she has grown beyond her old mundane life—can she fulfil her dreams, armed with nothing more than a goose feather?
