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The Race

Nina Allan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Titan Books Ltd

Published:19th Jul '16

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The Race cover

Interviews and features in sci-fi and entertainment. Magazines Reviews in national newspapers. Blog tour across sci-fi and books blogs. Promotion on titanbooks.com. The Race was shortlisted for the kitchies' Red Tentacle Award, the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell memorial Award in 2015. Nina Allan is well-known for her ward-winning short fiction - The Race is her stunning debut novel. The Race has been compared to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas.

A child is kidnapped with consequences that extend across worlds... A writer reaches into the past to discover the truth about a possible murder... Far away a young woman prepares for her mysterious future... The Race weaves together story threads and realities to take us on a gripping and spellbinding journey.A child is kidnapped with consequences that extend across worlds...A writer reaches into the past to discover the truth about a possible murder...Far away a young woman prepares for her mysterious future...In a future scarred by fracking and ecological collapse, Jenna Hoolman's world is dominated by illegal smartdog racing: greyhounds genetically modified with human DNA. When her young niece goes missing that world implodes...Christy's life is dominated by fear of her brother, a man she knows capable of monstrous acts and suspects of hiding even darker ones. Desperate to learn the truth she contacts Alex, who has his own demons to fight...And Maree, a young woman undertaking a journey that will change her world forever.

"Totally assured - this is a literate, intelligent, gorgeously human and superbly strange SF novel that will continually skewer your assumptions." - Alastair Reynolds, on The Race; "A unique and fascinating near-future ecological SF novel. Buy it!" Jeff Vandermeer, author of the Annihilation trilogy

ISBN: 9781785650369

Dimensions: 206mm x 132mm x 30mm

Weight: 399g

400 pages