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Thriller / suspense, Science fiction
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Arcadia
- Paperback Dec 14, 2021 | 9781529408614 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529408591 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
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Arcadia
- Paperback Dec 14, 2021 | 9781529408614 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529408591 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 21, 2021 | 9781529410907 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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Arcadia
- Paperback Dec 14, 2021 | 9781529408614 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529408591 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 21, 2021 | 9781529410907 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 21, 2021 | 9781529408607 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Arcadia
- Paperback Dec 14, 2021 | 9781529408614 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529408591 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 21, 2021 | 9781529410907 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 21, 2021 | 9781529408607 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Radio Life: a gripping adventure and a riveting political thriller: The Commonwealth, a post-apocalyptic civilisation on the rise, is locked in a clash of ideas with the Keepers . . . a fight which threatens to destroy the world . . . again.
When Lilly was first Chief Engineer at The Commonwealth, nearly fifty years ago, the Central Archive wasn't yet the greatest repository of knowledge in the known world, protected by scribes copying every piece of found material - books, maps, even scraps of paper - and disseminating them by Archive Runners to hidden off-site locations for safe keeping. Back then, there was no Order of Silence to create and maintain secret routes deep into the sand-covered towers of the Old World or into the northern forests beyond Sea Glass Lake. Back then, the world was still quiet, because Lilly hadn't yet found the Harrington Box.
But times change. Recently, the Keepers have started gathering to the east of Yellow Ridge - thousands upon thousands of them - and every one of them determined to burn the Central Archives to the ground, no matter the cost, possessed by an irrational fear that bringing back the ancient knowledge will destroy the world all over again. To prevent that, they will do anything.
Fourteen days ago the Keepers chased sixteen-year-old Archive Runner Elimisha into a forbidden Old World Tower and brought the entire thing down on her. Instead of being killed, though, she slipped into an ancient unmapped bomb shelter where she has discovered a cache of food and fresh water, a two-way radio like the one Lilly's been working on for years . . . and something else. Something that calls itself 'the internet' . . .
Praise for Radio Life: 'Gripping, clever, frightening' Val McDermid
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Sure Derek Miller's novels are smart and full of heart and savvy . . . he's as dedicated as any writer I know to the proposition that readers should enjoy themselves, should delight in the experience of life and language. If our hearts get broken along the way, so much the better. - Richard Russo, author of EVERYBODY'S FOOL
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One of the most captivating epics I've read in ages, evoking a convincing sense of fragile social structure reminiscent of China Mieville at his best, in combination with a philosophical underpinning that lends real weight to the stakes. It reads like Mad Max as imagined by Neal Stephenson. It's luxuriantly immersive, truly transporting in a way that is invaluable during these trying times - CHRIS BROOKMYRE, bestselling author of FALLEN ANGEL, on RADIO LIFE
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If like me you loved Norwegian by Night, and American by Day, dive straight into Radio Life. It's a post-apocalyptic exploration of how we rebuild, but much more than that, it's a gripping, clever, frightening, funny adventure. Trust me, it's a good one - Val McDermid, Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of Still Life
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A smart and thought-provoking piece of work - FINANCIAL TIMES, Pick of the Best New Science Fiction
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His world-building is enthralling; hundreds of tiny details enchant as he renders our civilisation strange by showing it through retrospective eyes - SUNDAY TIMES
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A complex mosaic novel filtered through the viewpoints of a large cast that builds a convincing picture of a future world riven by opposing ideologies - THE GUARDIAN
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Sure Derek Miller's novels are smart and full of heart and savvy . . . he's as dedicated as any writer I know to the proposition that readers should enjoy themselves, should delight in the experience of life and language. If our hearts get broken along the way, so much the better. - Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EVERYBODY'S FOOL
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An ambitious detour into pure science fiction - CRIME TIME
Derek B. Miller
Derek Miller was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in New England. He did his Master's in National Security at Washington DC's Georgetown University, then studied at The Hebrew University in Israel and St Catherine's, Oxford before completing his Ph.D. in International Relations at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked all over the world for a variety of organisations, including the United Nations. His first novel, Norwegian by Night, won the CWA John Creasey Dagger and was an Economist best novel of the year; subsequent crime novels The Girl in Green and American by Day were both shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Twilight Crimes, an American mid-century epic, is due out in 2021. Radio Life, his first science fiction novel, inspired by his love for the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller (no relation!), shares a grand if troubled vision about the role of knowledge and wisdom at the heart of any of our possible futures. He lives in Oslo, Norway, with his wife and children.
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