Lake of Darkness

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781399617673

Price: £22

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Genre: Fiction & Related Items

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Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.

The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Sß Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon… by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.

Raine claims he’s acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole: Mr Modo. No one believes him.Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.

But something inexplicable has been happening to Raine, and whatever it is seems to be spreading. An historian studying serial killers from the 21st century interviews him… and then nearly kills someone herself. It becomes increasingly undeniable that there’s something inside that black hole… and it’s found a way out…

Reviews

The book is bold, intelligent, experimental, at times grippingly propulsive, and full of astonishing ideas
New Scientist
It is rare to find a book that delves so deeply into science, philosophy, religion, and psychology, while also delivering a compelling story with complex, morally gray characters
Grimdark Magazine
[Praise for THE THIS] Fascinating . . . 5 stars!
SFX Magazine
[Praise for THE THIS] An accessible, frequently funny novel
Locus Magazine
[Praise for THE THIS] Sci-fi's most outrageous experimentalist
The Times