Lake of Darkness

The mindbending new science fiction novel from Adam Roberts
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Good is a construct. Evil is a virus. The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.... Read More
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Lake of Darkness

Event Horizon meets Brave New World in this extraordinary new science fictional thriller from Adam Roberts

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Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.

The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.

Raine claims he's acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole: Mr Modo. No one believes him. Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.

But something inexplicable has been happening to Raine, and whatever it is seems to be spreading. A historian studying serial killers from the 21st century interviews him... and then nearly kills someone herself. It becomes increasingly undeniable that there's something inside that black hole... and it's found a way out...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399617673

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Contributors:

  • Read by Matt Addis

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 126.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK's most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA.

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