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A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022

Outwardly alien arrivals from a distant sea, the lambdas are genetically human. They slip quietly into low-to middle-income jobs and appear to want nothing more than to be left alone. For Cara Gray, they are first a haunting presence in her otherwise ordinary childhood, then the inscrutable target of her police surveillance work.

When a bomb goes off at a school, a nebulous group of lambda extremists claims responsibility for the attack-but how could a vulnerable community of tiny aquatic humans, barely visible in society and seemingly indifferent to their own exploitation, be capable of something so horrific?

In a world of sentient objects, all-powerful quantum AI, and neuroses-ridden organic robots, Cara must decide whether to accept her place in a pattern of technology, violence and deceit, or take action of her own.



About the Author
David Musgrave was born in North East England and now lives in London. He has exhibited widely as a visual artist, and his work is held in many collections worldwide.

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"Literary SF at its best."

* The Guardian *

"A neat idea... a scathing critique of the attitude towards migrants in Brexit Britain."

* The Financial Times *

"Ceaselessly inventive yet grounded in a world we recognise - an eloquent, insightful and funny demonstration the future is now. And always will be."

* Richard Beard (The Day That Went Missing) *

"A science fiction novel not quite like any other I've read."

* Ananyo Bhattacharya (The Man from the Future) *

"Part cyber-thriller, part sci-fi parable, part glorious social satire."

* Tim Baker (Fever City) *

"Lambda harks back to the utopian preoccupations of early pioneers of the genre like Orwell or Zamiatin, leavening its tale with wry humour and quiet social commentary and satire that scores and hits the target with systematic ferocity... Most definitely a novel of ideas, where the plot insidiously burrows into the reader's mind to unsettling effect. A fascinating curiosity and well worth the detour."

* Maxim Jakubowski, CrimeTime *



Book Information
ISBN 9781787704657
Author David Musgrave
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Publisher Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

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