Summerland

He's switched subgenres while retaining his trademark conceptual high jinks and impressive world-building... an impressive plot reminiscent of John le Carré. * GUARDIAN *
Calls to mind John Le Carre . . . clever, subtle and . . . has a rich emotional centre * SFX MAGAZINE *
Eerily plausible, beautifully pitched on the cusp between wonder and horror, and thoroughly engrossing from the first page to the last * Alastair Reynolds *
Summerland: As if Alfred Hitchcock had made a movie with HP Lovecraft . . . A vision so original it deserves its own subgenre. And all worked out with the diamond-hard logic of a great SF writer. After Summerland, the thriller has a new geometry * Stephen Baxter *
An excellent slice of genre-bending fiction that thrills and intrigues in equal measure. * SCIFINOW *
I burned through it in two days. Great book: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spook. [on SUMMERLAND] * Ian McDonald *
One of SF's leading lights. * SFX MAGAZINE *
A beautifully written, well realised supernatural spy thriller, John le Carré as a ghost story. * Gavin G Smith, author of The Bastard Legion *
Engaging writing, tight plotting and fantastic imagination. * Ed McDonald, author of Blackwing *
An intricate and vivid world of technological and spiritual wonder. * KIRKUS *
A jaw-dropping, knowing, hyperintelligent yarn * Locus Magazine *
With boundless imagination, Rajaniemi invents a mortal realm with a steampunk flair... Sci-fi and fantasy readers longing to immerse themselves in a fascinating new world will love exploring Summerland. * SHELF AWARENESS *
A tense and twisting tale full of delightful allusions and ingenious * Ken MacLeod *
Clever, subtle and... has a rich emotional centre. * SFX MAGAZINE *
Summerland is in its own way as persuasive as example of Rajaniemi's disciplined inventiveness as his better-known hard SF. * LOCUS *
A solid and enjoyable book and does much to demonstrate Hannu Rajaniemi's versatility and potential. * SF CROWSNEST *
It reads like John Le Carré if Le Carré ate a ton of acid before writing Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy * NPR *
This is not a run of the mill tale of rogue agents, secrets and danger but instead uses this narrative framework as a guide to explore the deeper secrets of the human heart and the power of our own mortality * TheBookBag *