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- Paperback Apr 9, 2019 | 9781473203297 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2019 | 9781473203297 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 28, 2018 | 9781409180456 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 28, 2018 | 9781473203303 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2019 | 9781473203297 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 28, 2018 | 9781409180456 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 28, 2018 | 9781473203303 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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An awe-inspiring account of the afterlife and what happens when it spills over into the world of the living. The new novel from the most exciting new voice in the genre since Neal Stephenson. Loss is a thing of the past. Murder is obsolete. Death is just the beginning. In 1938, death is no longer feared but exploited. Since the discovery of the afterlife, the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, a metropolis for the recently deceased.
Yet Britain isn't the only contender for power in this life and the next. The Soviets have spies in Summerland, and the technology to build their own god.
When SIS agent Rachel White gets a lead on one of the Soviet moles, blowing the whistle puts her hard-earned career at risk. The spy has friends in high places, and she will have to go rogue to bring him in.
But how do you catch a man who's already dead?
Praise for Summerland
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Calls to mind John Le Carre . . . clever, subtle and . . . has a rich emotional centre - SFX
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He's switched subgenres while retaining his trademark conceptual high jinks and impressive world-building... an impressive plot reminiscent of John le Carre. - Guardian
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A jaw-dropping, knowing, hyperintelligent yarn - LOCUS
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An excellent slice of genre-bending fiction that thrills and intrigues in equal measure. - SciFiNow
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I burned through it in two days. Great book: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spook.
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Summerland: As if Alfred Hitchcock had made a movie with HP Lovecraft . . . A vision so original it deserves its own subgenre. And all worked out with the diamond-hard logic of a great SF writer. After Summerland, the thriller has a new geometry
Hannu Rajaniemi
Hannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland. At the age of eight he approached the European Space Agency with a fusion-powered spaceship design, which was received with a polite "thank you" note. Hannu studied mathematics and theoretical physics at University of Oulu and Cambridge and holds a PhD in string theory from the University of Edinburgh. He co-founded a mathematics consultancy whose clients included UK Ministry of Defence and the European Space Agency.
Hannu is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief (winner of 2012 TA htivaeltaja Award for the best science fiction novel published in Finland and translated into more than 20 languages). His most recent book is Summerland (June 2018), an alternate history spy thriller in a world where the afterlife is real. His other works include Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction, a short story collection.
Hannu lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a co-founder and CEO of HelixNano, a venture- and Y Combinator backed biotech startup.
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