Teaser Leading a squad of marines on a voyage of scientific exploration is nobody’s first choice of assignment, but Osiris Aquino was never given the choice. Now he has to whip his ragtag uni…

We are well and truly into the autumn months now. For some people, October means spooky season and the build-up to Halloween. For me, it means nothing of the sort. I don’t care for Halloween,…

Teaser Rezlan VI is a dead world. An irradiated wasteland fought over by humanity and the t’au. For commissar Valian Hesh, the only chance of survival is retreat. But if there is one thing th…

Teaser The Enterprise is scheduled to take part in a ceremony commemorating two decades of peace. It should be a simple task, were it not for the fact that Pavel Chekov has been replaced by a sabot…

Teaser Armageddon is a world at war, and Hive Tartarus is on the frontline. Soldiers, sisters of battle, and space marines alike must stand against the ork hordes. But in the grim darkness of the f…

Teaser For two centuries, Section 31 has lurked in the shadows of the Federation. Acting without mercy, with regard for the law, they have assassinated and spied on enemies and allies alike, all in…

Teaser Armageddon is a world of constant war between the Imperium and the Ork menace. Gathered here are eleven tales of villainy and heroism from the grimdark future’s most infamous battlefie…

Teaser The mighty corporations have pushed humanity to the stars, but now threaten to push us into all-out war. On the frontier of civilisation, one small station is about to become a flashpoint of…

Every year, the science fiction community gathers at various points and places to hand out a variety of literary awards. Some of these awards are well-established, while others are newer innovation…

Teaser Azure is an assassin, with dreams of one day killing his way out of debt. But when he takes on a contract to protect an elderly woman, he soon learns that life isn’t easy for people wi…

Teaser The Empire has fallen. Once joining all of humanity from core to spiral arms, now the trade routes have thinned. Rumours persist of a way to reunite the fractured humanity, but do they have …

Teaser Darya Nevic is once more thrust into battle, even as she and her squad reach breaking point. There are heretics and mutants around every corner, but what if the real danger comes from a face…

Teaser It has been four years since Data sacrificed himself to save the Federation. Now, his father Noonien Soong has devised a plan to bring the beloved android back. But Soong’s quest will …

One of my favourite discoveries of the past few years has been the Venture SF range. Published in the 1980s, the goal behind the series was to offer cheap paperback editions of science fiction book…

Teaser In the near future, people live on the Moon. It is a hard life, with corporations eager to extract precious helium, society tightly controlled by powerful families, and every breath of air p…

Teaser Paradise was envisioned as a new home for humanity. But now the crops are failing, the wildlife is rampant, and the money is running out. One way or another, this is the end of Paradise . . …

Teaser Under the iron rule of Pater Aeternus, there is no freedom. You bear the children he commands. You ignore the crimes he commits. You follow his every order, or you pay the price . . . Review…

Teaser They call it Area X. A region in which natural laws no longer apply. A place into which expeditions are sent, and only sometimes return intact. Now the twelfth of these expeditions ventures …

Teaser What if first contact with a nonhuman intelligence happens not in outer space, but right here on Earth? What if there are beings beneath the sea that we cannot begin to understand? And what …

Teaser On a regular patrol of the solar system, the Khidr and its crew of able spacers encounter a freighter in trouble. But what should be a simple rescue mission soon drags everyone into a conspi…

Teaser A moon that shouldn’t be there. A wormhole connecting two universes. A crew of simulated human beings, and a species as old as the universe. What unites these things? A threat to all o…

Teaser Few regiments are as despised as the Savlar Chem Dogs. A penal legion from a toxic world, they loot and steal as much as they fight the enemy. But sometimes the right kind of mongrel is just…

Teaser Two years ago, Little Springs was just another Nevada backwater. Then an alien fell out of the sky. Now, in the shadow of the fallen giant, Sheriff David Blunt must stop the town’s fir…

Teaser One day, humanity discovers the ability to Step. To shift from one version of Earth to another. With seemingly endless Earths, all uninhabited, a new age of discovery begins . . . Review I a…

Teaser With his allies and his enemies alike gathering at Gododdin, Hadrian Marlowe prepares to meet his fate. The final hour is at hand, but is Hadrian willing to pay the price for victory . . ? R…

Teaser Mawukana na-Vdnaze is born into debt, and dies in servitude. But it is afterlife that will be remembered, for the thing that remembers being Mawukana will play a pivotal role in the end of s…

Teaser In the near future, following a series of crises, beachcombers scour the Channel looking for alien relics that can be sold for a profit. But with everything slowly falling apart, what hope i…

Teaser For its final mission, the Apollo programme will do what no other American space programme has done. Shake hands with the Russians while in outer space. Unfortunately, the monopoly these two…

Teaser With the remnants of humanity enslaved by the Carryx, Dafyd Alkhor continues his plan to bring down the system from within. But not everyone is happy to wait for his plan to work, and there …

August is here, which means we’re barrelling towards the end of summer. Unfortunately, there’s no end in sight when it comes to the drought we’re currently experiencing. Thankfull…

Teaser Two centuries on from its launch, the generation ship Safina has strayed from its purpose. Its crew are now divided by language, its precious cargo of sleeping ancestors at risk from power s…

Teaser When an all-powerful alien corporation claims ownership of Earth, the survivors of humanity are given a chance to win their freedom. All they have to do is survive a sprawling dungeon filled…

Teaser Levar Boylan is just a soldier, which is why he’s surprised to be attached to his nations diplomatic team. Even more surprising is the revelation that the Emperor he has been at war wi…

Teaser War is coming. A war that will decide the future of humanity. Yet though all hope seems lost, there is one factor nobody can predict: The actions of a handful of pilgrims on the remote world…

Most of this blog, as you’ve probably gathered by now, is about books. Books are both my favourite hobby, and the core of my research into science fiction as a genre. But there’s more t…

Five years ago, I found a row of books in a charity shop in Worthing, all by Jack McDevitt. I’d never heard the name before, and grabbed the most interesting one. It was called Chindi, and I …

Teaser Entering our galaxy from regions unknown, the great ship is an enigma. Who built it? When? Why? Humans are not alone in entering the ship in search of answers, but humans might just be the o…

Teaser Avrana Kern was not the only scientist running terraforming projects as humanity fell apart. Now the Portiids, Nodans, and a mantis shrimp called Cato must face an entirely unfamiliar form o…

Well, it’s that time of year again. The time of year when I collate the data and bring you my list of the best British science fiction writers. The maths is simple. I rate every book I read o…

Teaser As global sea levels continue to rise, drowning the entire world, one group looks to the stars for salvation. But even if they can get off the ground, will they find a new world . . ? Review…

Teaser This is a city on the brink of chaos. The governor is gone, and his replacement is untested. Law enforcement struggles to maintain order as gang wars overrun the lower levels. And in the dar…

Teaser Four years after the last Mars mission ended in disaster, a privately-funded team aim to be the first to step foot on the Red Planet. The Crew of Mars One know that they’re on a one-wa…

Summer is in full swing, and that means it is far too hot to be out and about. Granted, the first severe heatwave in this part of the world is in the rear view mirror, but the upcoming weeks are lo…

Is art political? That’s probably too big a question to open a review with, but if we can answer that, we can get to why my thoughts on Ken MacLeod’s debut series fall the way they do. …