August2018 pub cat

FI CT I ON AUGUS T 2018

Ball Lightning

C I X I N L I U & J O E L MA R T I N S E N

A new standalone military sci-fi adventure from Cixin Liu, author of The Three Body Problem — soon to be a billion-dollar TV series produced by Amazon When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realise that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chen’s quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge.

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9781786694690 e 9781786694676 AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 384pp Released: 09/08/18

The Psychology of Time Travel K AT E MA S C A R E NH A S

A time-travel murder mystery, set in a female-centric alternate world

1967: Four female scientists invent a time-travel machine. They are on the cusp of fame: the pioneers who opened the world to new possibilities. But then one of them suffers a breakdown and puts the whole project in peril ... 2017: Ruby knows her beloved Granny Bee was a pioneer, but they never talk about the past. Though time travel is now big business, Bee has never been part of it. Then they receive a message from the future — a newspaper clipping reporting the mysterious death of an elderly lady ... 2018: When Odette discovered the body she went into shock. Blood everywhere, bullet wounds, flesh. But when the inquest fails to answer any of her questions, Odette is frustrated. Who is this dead woman that haunts her dreams? And why is everyone determined to cover up her murder?

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9781788540117 e 9781786699152 AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 320pp Released: 23/07/18

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