In the near future, rogue scientists break the law to create Dama, the world's first sentient android, a self-aware robot built to feel empathy. Designed as an elite bodyguard with cyber-defense capabilities, all he wants is to be his owner's guardian angel. But his prohibited quantum intelligence system allows him access to everything linked to the web. These illegal components put him at the center of a vast power-struggle he does not understand.To the authorities, he is a threat...

* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD *'Smart, vivid, engaging' - GUARDIAN'Biting... a dystopian kaleidoscope, hideous and true' - ESQUIRE'Lavanya Lakshminarayan breathes new life into dystopia' - WASHINGTON POST'Impressive' - SFXNOTHING HAS HAPPENED. NOT YET, ANYWAY. THIS IS HOW ALL THINGS BEGIN.W...

What’s your life worth on the open market?In this sexy, gritty future noir, debt collectors take your life energy and give it to someone more “worthy”… all while paying the price with black marks on their souls.Wraith is a shadow in the night, haunting the bedrooms of the rich "high potentials" who have stolen life energy from the desperate and dying. The justice and the sweet mercy hit that follow keep her from falling into her own personal abyss. Her secr...

'FIZZES WITH ENERGY AND REBELLION' SAMANTHA SHANNON'WITTY, GRITTY, AND VICIOUS FUN' HANNAH KANER'UTTERLY ENTHRALLING' SAARA EL-ARIFIAn explosive cyberpunk SF thriller from the author of Mindwalker, set in a world of corporate intrigue and dangerous technology.No more quiet rebellions.Born into a religious cult, Indra Dyer lives a simple, tech-free exi...

Sirens blare and news alerts flash on the TV screen as alien crafts enter Earth's atmosphere. You use to wonder if life existed elsewhere in the universe, but now only one question remains: Are they friendly or hostile? When YOU CHOOSE what to do next, your choices will determine if you survive the alien invasion.

Major Grubane is commander of the Aurikaa, the most feared cruiser in the UFS arsenal. His crew is handpicked and fiercely loyal. Together, they have never failed a mission.But this time he's been sent to a key planet that is caught up in political tensions at the centre of the freedom debate. What he thought was a simple diplomatic mission turns out to be the hardest choice of his career. His orders: eliminate one million inhabitants of the planet, and ensure thei...

** Reader's Favorite Gold Medal Award Winner **Sandfly is a debugger. He is property, bought and paid for in an Earth under sharia law. All faiths but one have been banned. And the rule of the great Imam is supreme.As a debugger, Sandfly has an implant in his head that connects him to the world’s technology—and doles out mental shocks to keep him obedient. All he wants is to fix bots and avoid shocksNow he's been called into Earth orbit. The masters have a new space...

'Full of depth and insight-Richard's stories push me to think bigger. They are engaging and grounded in real ideas about the future.' - John Schulman, Creator of ChatGPTA collection of twenty-two riveting science fiction stories from leading AI researcher Richard Ngo.In Lentando, a 'zero-knowledge' consultant pieces together a secret from her deleted selves that could threaten the world order. In The Gentle Romance, a lonely man discovers ...

He can't trust anyone, not even himself.Finsbury Gage doesn't know who he is. Is he the man who lost his wife and burned the world down hunting her murderer--or is he the man who lost his wife and returned to ashes?He's thrown his life away, sacrificed everything to find the man who killed his wife. He thinks he has the answers--but he doesn't know how wrong he is. Fin's heading for a showdown, and only one of him can survive.Rithmsync is the third book in the L...

Third episode in the Fractal mini-series, building on the heavily-praised worlds of Fearless and Resilient set in 2118AD, now accompanied by an awesome soundtrack.A freighter is delayed at a corporate space station between Earth and Mars. When cargo inspector, Jason Samarto, discovers illegal cargo onboard, he finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of corporate cat and mouse.FLAME TREE PRESS is the home of new fiction at Flame Tree Publishing. It brings ...

The Book They Never Wanted You to ReadThere Is No God: The Documented Architecture of the Afterlife (The Black Vault Files)What if death isn't the end? What if it's the routing protocol?What if the religious traditions you were taught were built around an operational system whose initiates kept the navigational knowledge for themselves?There Is No God documents the post-mortem processing environment

The first stage is infection. Next is possession. The terminal stage is simulation.In the near future, Kalsari Jones is hooked on the Vexworld, a global mixed-reality network accessed through neural implants. As his addiction grows, he is plagued by sentient hallucinations and an urge to strip the flesh from his bones. At his lowest ebb, he must also face his digisexuality, a latent attraction to artificial intelligence.Seeking answers, he meets Ingram Rave...