The Edge, 9780007541867
Paperback
Earth faces annihilation; a lone scientist seeks truth on the edge.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    20 July 2021

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Summary

Sharp, gripping, and disturbing, THE EDGE is the third book in The Anomaly Quartet.

Years ago, a vast and mysterious object known as the Anomaly was discovered in deep space. All missions to explore and explain it failed.

Now, the Anomaly has almost reached Earth, threatening to swallow the planet whole. On an orbital research station, a team of scientists desperately search for a way to stop it or destroy it.

One of the crew, Ali, has lost faith in th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780007541867
ISBN-10:0007541864
Author:James Smythe
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperVoyager
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:20 July 2021
Weight:210g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 19mm
Series:The Anomaly Quartet
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Critics Review

Praise for The Anomaly Quartet:

‘It’s like an episode of Star Trek written by JM Coetzee’Guardian

‘THE EXPLORER has the dreamlike detachment of an Ishiguro novel’Financial Times

‘Beautifully written, creepy as hell. THE EXPLORER is as clever in its unravelling as it is breathlessly claustrophobic’Lauren Beukes, author of THE SHINING GIRLS

‘As you marvel at this twist-laden deep-space exploration thriller, it’s hard not to draw comparisons with Duncan Jones’ film MoonShortlist

‘A fascinating character study that could only exist in a science-fictional world’io9.com

‘The SF novel everyone should read’Foyles

About The Author

James Smythe

James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of The Testimony, The Machine and No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, as well as The Anomaly Quartet, which currently includes the novels The Explorer and The Echo. James lives in London and teaches creative writing.

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