Tag: Sci-Fi

The Cure by Eve Smith

LIVING FOREVER CAN BE LETHAL… Ruth is a law-abiding elder, working out her national service, but she hassecrets. Her tireless research into the disease that killed her young daughter had an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a vaccine against old age. Just one jab a year reverses your biological clock, guaranteeing a long, healthy life. But Ruth’s cure was hijacked by her colleague, Erik … Read More The Cure by Eve Smith

My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Four

Here are my favourite ten books of 2024 Part Four, not counting audio books. Quite a disparate selection for a change. The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley I had no idea what to expect when I started reading The Portrait Girl. What we know is that Freya’s mother has just died and Freya needs to clear out her cottage and then decide whether to sell it, … Read More My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Four

Scorpion by Phil Gilvin Publication Day Party

War is coming, a war that could mean the end of the republic. But how can you do anything about it when you’re a captive, slaving in the guts of a brutal patrol ship. Genre: Sci-fi / YA / Dystopian Clara Perdue isn’t sure why she took Jack Pike’s place at the slave market. She isn’t sure why she saved another girl and volunteered for … Read More Scorpion by Phil Gilvin Publication Day Party

Scorpion by Phil Gilvin Cover Reveal

War is coming, a war that could mean the end of the republic. But how can you do anything about it when you’re a captive, slaving in the guts of a brutal patrol ship. Genre: Sci-fi / YA / Dystopian Clara Perdue isn’t sure why she took Jack Pike’s place at the slave market. She isn’t sure why she saved another girl and volunteered for … Read More Scorpion by Phil Gilvin Cover Reveal

Blackwolf by Phil Gilvin Publication Day

Disease stalks the land like a wolf, but the fighting goes on. And if you’re caught up in it, who can you trust? 2150, the Women’s Republic of Anglia. The world, transformed by climate change, dwindling resources and successive epidemics, is in danger of descending into chaos. Ex-Truth Sister Clara Perdue, having escaped the great flood of London, has become separated from her friend … Read More Blackwolf by Phil Gilvin Publication Day

The Family Tempest by Luke Lively Out Now

In 2030 Dr. Marc Walker discovered the cure for cancer. In his genetic research, Walker unexpectedly uncovers the answers to humankind’s most significant questions locked deep within the DNA code of every human being: Who made us? What are we? Where are we going? The answers bring together Dr. Walker, his twin brother Jon, a decorated war hero, Alana, one of the top US female Olympic athletes, … Read More The Family Tempest by Luke Lively Out Now

Vermilion Sunrise by Lydia P Brownlow Out Now

Same galaxy, different view. Seventeen-year-old Leigh awakens from cryosleep to discover she’s part of the first human colony in another solar system. The cryosleep is flawed. It kills adults and causes partial amnesia. As a result, the nations of Earth have launched into space an unlikely group—teenagers with no memory of volunteering for the mission. Ten light-years from home, they land on a planet … Read More Vermilion Sunrise by Lydia P Brownlow Out Now

The Volunteers by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic

The Volunteers – we give consent. The angels arrive in a flying box. Every three or four generations. They take a number of willing volunteers from the colony. They have consent.But what happens to them afterwards? A short story written by SilvandarDirected by Emmeline Braefield Narrated by Ashley Shiers Produced by Cat on a Piano Productions  Music:Starcrasher by TrackTribeInto the Void by TrackTribeAway by … Read More The Volunteers by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic