Way Down Dark
Australia Book 1
$37.31
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2016
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
Imagine a nightmare from which there is no escape. Seventeen-year-old Chan’s ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a new home. They never found one.
This is a hell where no one can hide. The only life that Chan’s ever known is one of violence, of fighting. Of trying to survive.
This is a ship of death, of murderers and cults and gangs. But there might be a way to escape. In …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444796339 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 144479633X |
| Author: | James P. Smythe |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | The Australia Trilogy |
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Hard-hitting, lightning-paced and beautifully written, Way Down Dark delivers a thrilling fight for survival in a world where death lurks around every corner. Fans of The Hunger Games will devour it, although they might not want to read it after dark…
A dark and brutal new YA trilogy with a heroine who could whup Katniss any day of the week.When the stars align, I feel like I won a small lottery. Such is the case with James Smythe. - WiredA young writer with a preternaturally powerful and distinctive voice. - GuardianSavage, intimate, inexorable.As if Philip K Dick and David Mitchell collaborated on an episode of The West Wing. Unsettling, gripping and hugely thought-provoking.About The Author
James P. Smythe
James Smythe is the author of the Wales Book Of The Year Fiction Award winner THE TESTIMONY (2012); THE EXPLORER (2013); THE MACHINE (2013) and THE ECHO (2014).
He has been shortlisted for and won any number of prizes, including The Kitschies Red Tentacles and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
He currently writes a continuing series of articles for The Guardian called Rereading Stephen King and teaches Creative Writing in London. He can be found on twitter @jpsmythe and Facebook.
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