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Darshima is the second son. Destined to live his life in the shadow of his talented older brother. From the hunt to the classroom and in popularity, Darshima is relegated to the side as the brothers' parents try to position Sasha for greatness. The last straw comes when Sasha is invited to a party for... Continue Reading →
Rosewater, Nigeria. 2066. Site of the alien biodome. An orb with a mysterious connection to people's health and a selecting ability to reach into the psyche of others. Tade Thompson's novel reads as scifi action, cultural inquiry, and deep character examination. This might seem like a fault as I try to correctly explain it, but... Continue Reading →
Heart transplants. Body modification. Harvesting spleens from other animals. Steel/plastic/synthskin... How far can and will science go to help the human body fix itself? Or even create new? What are the religious and ethical ramifications of these practices? Arwen Elys Dayton pushes these questions further and further in each of the six connected stories... Continue Reading →
The perfect business model: use criminals as labor to mine the galaxy's most powerful source of energy. Mammoth "crawlers" filled with prisoners set out over the surface of a split planet, half arctic-cold and half fire-scorched with only a sliver of habitable land in between. A place called The Razor. Populated by gangs, corrupt officials,... Continue Reading →
In a futuristic, polluted - Escape from New York/ Terminator- style Los Angeles, Ash receives a frantic message from his bioengineer father telling him to run. Two minutes later their penthouse apartment is filled with robots on the hunt. Ash flees with his escape bag to the Red Zone, a non-patrolled sector given over to... Continue Reading →
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