From the author of Infinite Detail, The Guardian's Pick for Best Science Fiction Book of 2019!Three short stories set in the near-future dystopia of Infinite DetailAfter an act of anonymous cyberterrorism has permanently switched off the internet, causing global trade, travel, and communication to collapse and modern luxuries to become scarce, life in the Croft and beyond . . . carries on....

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL!The Guardian's Pick for Best Science Fiction Book of the Year!A timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the InternetBEFORE: In Bristol's center lies the Croft, a digital no-man's-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, globally hegemonic aspirations that hav...

"In our hothouse present, where technology is little more than vapour, Tim Maughan catches those fleeting moments of possibility in stories that ought to have no shelf-life whatsoever – and which, regardless, linger in the mind. I don't know how he does this. I don't know whether he is very naive, or very clever. One thing I do know: these stories are very, very good." – Simon Ings, author of Hot Head, The Weight of Numbers and Dead Water."Hip, cutting-edge cyberpunk with a techno ...

A young man discovers his identity among a tribe of rats in the renowned fantasy author's "riveting, brilliant novel"—with an introduction by Tim Maughan (Charles de Lint).Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and leads him to freedom: a shadow called King Rat.K...

**A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVELA timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the Internet.**This program includes a bonus interview between the author and journalist Brian Merchant.BEFORE: In Bristol’s center lies the Croft, a digital no-man’s-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, globally hegemonic aspirations that have overrun...