New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Orbit
08 Jan-March
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Orbit
JAN-MARCH 08
Iain Banks
Matter
Published February 2008 by Orbit at £18.99
ISBN: 1841494178
In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she d thought abandoned forever.
Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.
Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.
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Tom Holt
Barking
Pbk published February 2008 by Orbit at £7.99
ISBN: 1841492868
Monsters are roaming the streets of London. Of course, some monsters are scarier than others: Unicorns? No bother. Vampires? Big deal. Werewolves? Ho hum. Lawyers? ? Aaargh! Duncan's boss doesn't think that he's cut out to be a lawyer. He isn?t a pack animal. He lacks the killer instinct. But when his best friend from school barges his way back into Duncan?s life, with a full supporting cast of lawyers, ex-wives, zombies and snow-white unicorns, it?s not long before things become distinctly unsettling. Hairy, even.
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Ken MacLeod
The Execution Channel
Pbk published February 2008 by Orbit at £6.99
ISBN: 184149349X
Fighting has spread across the Middle East and Central Asia to the borders of China. In the US, refugees from climate-change disaster subsist in FEMA camps. Images of official executions circulate on the Internet like al Qaeda videos. State agencies sponsor conspiracy theories as cover-ups. As the troops of the last superpower stand astride the last of the oil, China and Russia aren't the only states considering their options: certain nations of Old Europe are quietly preparing for the worst. James Travis is a middle-aged middle manager in a software company. He has a son in the army, a daughter in a peace-protest camp outside a USAF base, and a compromising relationship with a foreign intelligence service. When his cover is blown hours before a nuclear explosion destroys the base, Travis, his son, and his daughter are all in serious trouble. And as the spooks and disinformation specialists focus their efforts on his capture, Travis knows that all it will take is one mistake and his only memorial will be another grainy video on ...The Execution Channel
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