The Hive Construct
$19.98
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2015
Summary
Winner of the Terry Pratchett Prize, a dark yet dazzlingly imaginative science fiction thriller by a furiously talented new young writer.
Situated deep in the Sahara Desert, New Cairo is a city built on technology - from the huge, life-giving solar panels that keep it functioning in a radically changed, resource-scarce world to the artificial implants that have become the answer to all and any of mankind’s medical problems.
But it is also a divided city, dominated by a handful…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552170383 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552170380 |
| Author: | Alexander Maskill |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 127mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Here’s a talented young writer who not only knows how to tell an exciting story, but a richly rewarding story full of ideas.”
Here’s a talented young writer who not only knows how to tell an exciting story, but a richly rewarding story full of ideas. – SIR TERRY PRATCHETT
‘Debut author Alexander Maskill … ratchets up the tension in fine fashion … a genuinely promising debut. – Jonathan Wright * SFX magazine *
Alexander Maskill
Alex Maskill was born in Watford, and grew up both there and in Eastbourne, East Sussex. He has just completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Leicester and now has a degree in Politics. He hopes to follow this with an MSc in Computer Science. The Hive Construct is his first novel and won the 2013 Terry Pratchett Prize.
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