Science Fiction

'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' GuardianCharlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a...

'A warm, witty novel about love and friendship with a fun time-travel twist' HELLO Magazine Number one bestselling author Louise Pentland is back with her brand new novel that will make you laugh, make you cry and thoroughly charm you!Sometimes you have...

"Old-school creepy. . . a five-star horror novel." STEPHEN KING A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of...

WINNER OF THE HUGO, LOCUS AND NEBULA AWARDSUnder the caverns of Mercury, the Sundiver Mission prepares for a momentous voyage: a journey into the blazing inferno of the sun, to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life.For in a universe where no...

In his new mantle as Sith Lord, Jacen Solo's dark powers reach a peak as he continues to crush opposition across the warring galaxy and bring his dream of a new order closer to fruition. But those who once fought at his side now turn against him, and as...

A first contact SF novel, from the Hugo Award-winning author of Folding Beijing. 2080, the world is divided, dominated by two antagonistic factions, the Pacific League and the Atlantic Alliance. Tensions are high and the smallest disturbance in the...

In a very near future, a functionally illiterate America is about to collapse. But don't tell that to poor Lenny Abramov, proud author of what may well be the world's last diary. Despite his job at an outfit called 'Post-Human Services', which attempts...

THROUGH THE DARK TIMES, THEY WILL HELP YOU FIND THE LIGHT . . .***'Dazzling, chilling, moving and original . . . I loved it' CHRIS WHITAKER'A captivating novel of love and loss and the lengths we will go to start again' SOPHIE WARD'A beautifully crafted...

___________________'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter...

Ding Dong!The TARDIS is invaded. A plea for help delivered by robot summons the Doctor and her friends Yaz, Graham and Ryan to Kerblam - the biggest retailer in the galaxy. Posing as new recruits among the thousands of human workers, the TARDIS crew...

Serenity races against time to save Inara's life in an original Firefly tie-in novel that reads like a lost episode from the show A deadly disease Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure:...

It's like Fight Club meets The Great British Bake Off - NPRLois Clary is a software engineer. She codes all day and collapses at night into her sofa, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the local takeaway from which she orders dinner...

Return to the world of Little Brother and Homeland. Attack Surface takes us five minutes into the future, to a world where everything is connected and everyone is vulnerable. Masha Maximow has made some bad choices in life - choices that hurt...

The book that influenced writers from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking, Flatland is set in a two-dimensional world where life exists only in lines and shapes - until one of its inhabitants, 'A. Square', has his perspective transformed forever. This...

The struggle between the light and the darkness begins here in this collection of short stories retelling of the events of the first three Final Fantasy games!Book InformationISBN 9781975382391Author Takashi UmemuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714986Author Mark Z. DanielewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1696gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

In Nova City, there are extraordinary people, capable of feats that defy the imagination. Shadow Star protects the city and manipulates darkness, and Pyro Storm is determined to bring the city to its knees using his power over fire. And then there's Nick...

After two hundred years, Kirito is finally reunited with Selka, Ronie and Tiese, but the girls are shocked to see Eolyne, who bears a striking resemblance to their fallen comrade. Then, with no time to process their feelings, the three Integrity Knights...

Rudy Waltz hasn't had it easy. After accidentally committing manslaughter at the age of twelve, the traumas life continued to throw at him seemed almost inconsequential. Now fifty-four, an expat living in Haiti, he's reliving the harrowing...

Years ago, Tomorrow - a noxious cloud of funky gas - descended on Manhattan, cutting the island off from the rest of the world and mutating the remaining population. Now, survivors exist amid the rubble of modernity, wearing cast-off clothing...

Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat. If you like...

The universal computer mind Omnius has retreated to its last stronghold, where it plots a devastating new strategy that could undo the victories of the Butlerian Jihad. The surviving Titans are creating new lieutenants to do their will when at last they...

Know your frenemy.'I've had adventures too. My whole life doesn't revolve around you, you know.'When she's not busy amassing armies of Cybermen, or manipulating the Doctor and his companions, Missy has plenty of time to kill (literally). In this all new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956392442Author Gareth D JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Immersion PressPublisher Immersion PressWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The World's First Post-Truth Gaming BookAfter rashly tweeting he would dream up an imaginary computer game for every 'like' received, Nate Crowley found himself on an epic quest to conjure up hundreds of entirely fictional titles. From 1980s hits like...

The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny,...

In a brand-new adventure, Lara Croft must evade the agents of Trinity and discover an ancient secret. When a mysterious stranger offers to help Lara uncover a clue that could give her the upper hand, she embarks on an expedition to a system of caves in...

The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035823710Author Jules StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Amid the upheaval after the royal line of Lugunica was broken, the Knights of the Royal Guard are sent to protect an envoy to Volakia, a violent empire often in conflict with the kingdom. Julius, Ferris, and Reinhard are part of this mission, but what...

A USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestseller. International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in the first book in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine,...

M. John Harrison is a cartographer of the liminal. His work sits at the boundaries between genres - horror and science fiction, fantasy and travel writing - just as his characters occupy the no man's land between the spatial and the spiritual. Here, in...

Learn about the Star Wars underworld in this thrilling, fully illustrated children's book detailing the galaxy's most infamous bounty hunters, from Boba Fett to Cad Bane! Join wily pirate Hondo Ohnaka to learn about the galaxy's shadowy underworld in...

A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from the award-winning series by Titan Books. City of sin Neapolis: a desert city on planet Bethel where all manner of entertainment can be found:...

Pre-empting novels such as the Booker Prize-winning 'Time's Arrow' by as much as twenty years, Counter-Clock world is a story of racial tensions told against the background of the year 1998 in which time flows in reverse as people are born old only to...

YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.'Fabulous... Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMAN, author of CoralineThis is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories...

At a New York City Wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to get their lives started.Yun has everything he's ever wanted, but somehow it's never enough.Emory is finally making her mark, but feels the shame more than the success...

'Provocative, perceptive and ingenious' - A J Finn, author of The Woman in the Window Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Book Prize, Going Zero is a high-concept thriller from Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten. Perfect for fans of I...

Huey Laforet has broken out of prison, and New York is in chaos. The whirlwind ofconfusion swallows all the major players in the city, from the FBI unit investigating theimmortals, to the Mafia, to the Camorra, to Ladd Russo and his gang, and even...

In 2070, the Earth's weather is controlled from a base on the moon. But when the Doctor and his friends arrive, all is not well. They discover unexplained drops of air pressure, minor problems with the weather control systems, and an outbreak of a...