Synopsis

The Anomaly Quartet #2

The stunning sequel to James Smythe’s critically acclaimed literary sci-fi novel The Explorer.

Twenty Years following the spacecraft Ishiguro’s disappearance, humanity is setting its sights on the heavens once more.

Under the direction of two of the most brilliant minds science has ever seen – twin brothers Tomas and Mirakel Hyvönen - this space programme has been tasked with one of the most difficult missions in its history: to study what is being called ‘the anomaly’ - a vast blackness of space thought to be responsible for the loss of the Ishiguro.

Between them, Tomas (on the ground and guiding the mission) and Mira (on the ship with the rest of the crew) are leaving nothing to chance.

But as the anomaly tests Mira and the rest of the hand-picked crew’s sanity, Tomas will have to use all his ingenuity if he is to save his brother and their mission.

Details

• Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
• Condition : As New
• Category : Fiction - Science Fiction
• Published : 2014 (Harper Voyager - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)
• ISBN : 9780007456796
• SKU : B003251
• PPC : SP500gm
• RRP : £16.99 (Unclipped)
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

‘Creepy, compulsive Science Fiction’ - Metro.

‘Science Fiction for those who don’t think they like it’ - The Independent.

‘A tightly knotted, expertly constructed space trip of a read’ - The Guardian.

‘The Explorer has the dreamlike detachment of an Ishiguro novel . . . reminiscent of a 1970's space movie, where the darkness of the void mirrors the darkness of the human soul’ - Financial Times.

‘A wonderful examination of coping with loss, time and death’ - SFX.

‘It’s like an episode of Star Trek written by JM Coetzee’ - The Guardian.

'This is the second book in the Anomaly Quartet, which began with the wonderful The Explorer. This book shares some core plot similarities, which is to be expected – but is not only a different story, but one that produces a completely different feeling to the first. Where the last book was as sprawling and exciting as space itself, this one is claustrophobic, a tightly woven tale.' - Google Review.

The Author

James Smythe  is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of The Testimony, The Machine and No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, as well as The Anomaly Quartet, which currently includes the novels The Explorer and The Echo. James lives in London and teaches creative writing.