21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Crashing Heaven: The Station Series Book 1
Al Robertson
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Crashing Heaven: The Station Series Book 1
Paperback. Meet Hugo Fist. The most terrifying and enticing AI to grace SF since the works of Al Reynolds and Hannu Rajaniemi Series: The Station Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
A diamond-hard, visionary new SF thriller. Nailed-down cyberpunk ala William Gibson for the 21st century meets the vivid dark futures of Al Reynolds in this extraordinary debut novel. With Earth abandoned, humanity resides on Station, an industrialised asteroid run by the sentient corporations of the Pantheon. Under their leadership a war has been raging against the Totality - ex-Pantheon AIs gone rogue. With the war over, Jack Forster and his sidekick Hugo Fist, a virtual ventriloquist's dummy tied to Jack's mind and created to destroy the Totality, have returned home. Labelled a traitor for surrendering to the Totality, all Jack wants is to clear his name but when he discovers two old friends have died under suspicious circumstances he also wants answers. Soon he and Fist are embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not only their future but all of humanity's. But with Fist's software licence about to expire, taking Jack's life with it, can they bring down the real traitors before their time runs out?
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Station Series
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473203419
SKU
V9781473203419
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Al Robertson
Al Robertson is the author of Crashing Heaven and Waking Hell, as well as award-nominated SF, fantasy and horror short stories. He's also a poet and occasional musician. When he's not working on his own projects, he helps companies communicate more clearly. He was born in London, brought up in France and is now based in Brighton. You can find out more at his website www.allumination.co.uk. He's also on Twitter as @al_robertson and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/alrobertsonwrites.
Reviews for Crashing Heaven: The Station Series Book 1
bizarre, intelligent and, above all, something new
Interzone
Bizarre, intelligent and, above all, something new
Interzone
A spellbinding rugged addition to cyberpunk and science fiction literature in general
Starburst Magazine
In short: read the book; it's awesome. Crashing Heaven is a hardboiled detective novel set in an unparalleled cyberpunk space that stars a jaded accountant who has a virtual, psychotic puppet attached to his mind...what's not to like?
Bookbeard Reads
Come for the running through corridors shooting things, or for the altering virtual realities to break into secured areas, and stay for the quiet conversations between a man and the AI which will eventually kill him. Very much worth the read
SF&F Reviews
Just plain awesome
The Book Plank
Jam packed with innovative ideas and fresh approaches to storytelling, Crashing Heaven could just be the one book that everyone will talk about in 2015
Upcoming 4 Me
One of the most unusual books I've read this year ... could be the start of something that is going to be very big indeed
SFF World
Seriously satisfying cyberpunk action meets thoughtful moral philosophy with a dash of detective noir and a supersized side of striking science - the year's best debut to date, and make no mistake
Tor.com
A stylish blend of techno thriller and hard SF
SFX
Interzone
Bizarre, intelligent and, above all, something new
Interzone
A spellbinding rugged addition to cyberpunk and science fiction literature in general
Starburst Magazine
In short: read the book; it's awesome. Crashing Heaven is a hardboiled detective novel set in an unparalleled cyberpunk space that stars a jaded accountant who has a virtual, psychotic puppet attached to his mind...what's not to like?
Bookbeard Reads
Come for the running through corridors shooting things, or for the altering virtual realities to break into secured areas, and stay for the quiet conversations between a man and the AI which will eventually kill him. Very much worth the read
SF&F Reviews
Just plain awesome
The Book Plank
Jam packed with innovative ideas and fresh approaches to storytelling, Crashing Heaven could just be the one book that everyone will talk about in 2015
Upcoming 4 Me
One of the most unusual books I've read this year ... could be the start of something that is going to be very big indeed
SFF World
Seriously satisfying cyberpunk action meets thoughtful moral philosophy with a dash of detective noir and a supersized side of striking science - the year's best debut to date, and make no mistake
Tor.com
A stylish blend of techno thriller and hard SF
SFX