Happy Publication Day: 26th March 2015
We’d like to wish a very happy Publication Day to all of our books out in bookshops and online today. This week’s new titles feature ground breaking SF and Ursula K. Le Guin’s HUGO AWARD-winning tale of colonisation and oppression. SF and Fantasy fans, we’ve got two unmissible new books to pick up or download from your local bookshop, library or from your preferred e-tailer.
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin– The must-read Hugo Award-winning work joins the SF Masterworks list! When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society . . . The Word for World is Forest is out now in paperback with an eBook to follow in April. You can find out more about Ursula K. Le Guin by visiting her website.
A Quantum Mythology by Gavin G. Smith- Gavin Smith’s new epic space opera is a wide-ranging exploration of the past, present and future of mankind. This fast-moving SF thriller set in a uniquely dark future from one of the brightest stars of space opera. In the far future, many years after the loss of earth, humanity has changed. Strength is the only way to survive. And the most vicious man alive has a new con in mind… Here and now, a man with unnatural powers hunts down a killer with impossible abilities .. . A long time ago, the last tribes of Northern Britain face an unimaginable enemy . . . All of these times are connected . . . A Quantum Mythology is out now in trade paperback and eBook. You can find out more about Gavin G. Smith by visiting his website or following him on Twitter @gavingsmith