"John Meaney is a spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again." - Robert J Sawyer, author of_ Flash Forward_ and Frameshift
"Cumberland leaps off the page, a trained killer whose anger and grief at his daughter's condition is brilliantly portrayed; the depiction of his simmering rage, barely held in check, and how he channels it, provides a masterclass in characterisation." - The Guardian
"The characters themselves are wonderfully fleshed out and their interaction is quite mesmerising... an intelligent, slick and brilliantly executed novel with a quite unexpected but superbly scripted ending." - _ScienceFictionandFantasy.co.uk
_Praise for Thomas Blackthorne (John Meaney):
"John Meaney is a spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again." - Robert J Sawyer
"John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now." - Stephen Baxter
"Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world!" - SFX
"One of British science fiction's most original and exciting practitioners." - Barnes & Noble
"_Dark Blood_ is highly entertaining, more action driven and seasoned with splatters of the titular liquid." - Andrew Osbourne, SFX (reviewing Dark Blood)
"Is it good? Of course it is. Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world at the moment, and he doesn't put a foot wrong here." - SFX (reviewing Resolution)
Product Description
You thought Big Brother and Survivor were tough?
WELCOME, SENSATION SEEKERS, TO KNIFE EDGE - the reality TV show where wannabe knife fighters are the celebrities in a nation going to hell. In a Britain on the edge of collapse, The ultimate response to knife crime has been instituted by a bankrupt government: duelling with knives has now been legalized.
On Saturday nights, the nation sits down to watch the country's best amateur fighters slash it out on prime time. The streets are red with blood. The skies are black with polluted horror. High walls have been built around Britain and endless winter is coming.
When a young boy with hoplophobia (the fear of weaponry) runs away from home, his father hires ex-Special Forces agent Josh Cumberland to find him. With the help of the boy's psychiatrist, Cumberland delves into the dark underbelly of the knife culture that has infected his country, but what he finds will shock him to his soul.
File Under: Science Fiction [ Devastated Britain | Legalised Duelling | Corporate Atrocity | Save the Children ]
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Review
"John Meaney is a spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again."
- Robert J Sawyer, author of_ Flash Forward_ and Frameshift
"Cumberland leaps off the page, a trained killer whose anger and grief at his daughter's condition is brilliantly portrayed; the depiction of his simmering rage, barely held in check, and how he channels it, provides a masterclass in characterisation." - The Guardian
"The characters themselves are wonderfully fleshed out and their interaction is quite mesmerising... an intelligent, slick and brilliantly executed novel with a quite unexpected but superbly scripted ending." - _ScienceFictionandFantasy.co.uk
_Praise for Thomas Blackthorne (John Meaney):
"John Meaney is a spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again." - Robert J Sawyer
"John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now." - Stephen Baxter
"Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world!" - SFX
"One of British science fiction's most original and exciting practitioners." - Barnes & Noble
"_Dark Blood_ is highly entertaining, more action driven and seasoned with splatters of the titular liquid." - Andrew Osbourne, SFX (reviewing Dark Blood)
"Is it good? Of course it is. Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world at the moment, and he doesn't put a foot wrong here." - SFX (reviewing Resolution)
Product Description
You thought Big Brother and Survivor were tough?
WELCOME, SENSATION SEEKERS, TO KNIFE EDGE - the reality TV show where wannabe knife fighters are the celebrities in a nation going to hell. In a Britain on the edge of collapse, The ultimate response to knife crime has been instituted by a bankrupt government: duelling with knives has now been legalized.
On Saturday nights, the nation sits down to watch the country's best amateur fighters slash it out on prime time. The streets are red with blood. The skies are black with polluted horror. High walls have been built around Britain and endless winter is coming.
When a young boy with hoplophobia (the fear of weaponry) runs away from home, his father hires ex-Special Forces agent Josh Cumberland to find him. With the help of the boy's psychiatrist, Cumberland delves into the dark underbelly of the knife culture that has infected his country, but what he finds will shock him to his soul.
File Under: Science Fiction [ Devastated Britain | Legalised Duelling | Corporate Atrocity | Save the Children ]