It starts with a mystery: an old manor house is surrounded by an impenetrable bubble, and all that lives within it seems to wither and die. Investigating, the Army find two men inside the house: men who vanished some 100 years ago but who have now reappeared, and as young as the day they disappeared. There are rumours of a machine which could puncture the dimensions, allowing man to travel beyond the bounds of the Earth… and for other things to travel here. Another day, another war

Winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award THE SIX DEGREES OF PETROVITCH Michael is an AI of incalculable complexity trapped under the remains of Oshicora tower. Petrovitch will free him one day, he just has to trust Michael will still be sane by the time he does. Maddy and Petrovitch have trust issues. She’s left him, but Petrovitch is pretty sure she still loves him. Sonja Oshicora loves Petrovitch too. But she’s playing a complicated game and it’s not clear that she means to save him from what’s coming. The CIA wants to save the world. Well, just America, but they’ll call it what they like. The New Machine Jihad is calling. But Petrovitch killed it. Didn’t he? And the Armageddonists tried to kill pretty much everyone by blowing the world up. Now, they want to do it again. Once again, all roads lead back to Petrovitch. Everyone wants something from him, but all he wants is to be free…

A small group of commuters and tube workers witness a fiery apocalypse overtaking London. They make their escape through a service tunnel. Reaching a door they step through… and find themselves on a wild shore backed by cliffs and rolling grassland. The way back is blocked. Making their way inland they meet a man dressed in a wolf’s cloak and with wolves by his side. He speaks English and has heard of a place called London◦– other people have arrived here down the ages◦– all escaping from a London that is burning. None of them have returned. Except one◦– who travels between the two worlds at will. The group begin a quest to find this one survivor; the one who holds the key to their return and to the safety of London. And as they travel this world, meeting mythical and legendary creatures, split between North and South by a mighty river and bordered by The White City and The Crystal Palace they realise they are in a world defined by all the London’s there have ever been. Reminiscent of Michael Moorcock and Julian May this is a grand and sweeping science fantasy built on the ideas, the legends, the memories of every London there has ever been

Winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Samuil Petrovitch is a survivor. He survived the nuclear fallout in St. Petersburg and hid in the London Metrozone—the last city in England. He’s lived this long because he’s a man of rules and logic. For example, getting involved = a bad idea. But when he stumbles into a kidnapping in progress, he acts without even thinking. Before he can stop himself, he’s saved the daughter of the most dangerous man in London. And clearly saving the girl = getting involved. Now, the equation of Petrovitch’s life is looking increasingly complex. Russian mobsters + Yakuza + something called the New Machine Jihad = one dead Petrovitch. But Petrovitch has a plan—he always has a plan—he’s just not sure it’s a good one

In the sequel to the terrifying science fiction thriller, One Way, returning home from Mars may mean striking a deal with the very people who abandoned him. They were sent to build a utopia, but all they found on Mars was death. Frank Kitteridge has been abandoned. But XO, the greedy—and ultimately murderous—corporate architects of humanity’s first Mars base made a costly mistake when they left him there: they left him alive. Using his skills and his wits, he’s going to find a way back home even if it kills him. Little does he know that Mars isn’t completely empty. Just over the mountain, there’s another XO base where things are going terribly, catastrophically wrong. And when the survivors of that mission find Frank, they’re going to want to take even the little he has away from him. If there’s anything in Frank’s favor, it’s this: he’s always been prepared to go to the extremes to get the job done. That’s how he ended up on Mars in the first place. It just might be his ticket back. For more from S. J. Morden, check out: One Way

When the small crew of ex cons working on Mars start getting murdered, everyone is a suspect in this terrifying science fiction thriller from bona fide rocket scientist and award winning-author S. J. Morden. It’s the dawn of a new era—and we’re ready to colonize Mars. But the company that’s been contracted to construct a new Mars base, has made promises they can’t fulfill and is desperate enough to cut corners. The first thing to go is the automation… the next thing they’ll have to deal with is the eight astronauts they’ll send to Mars, when there aren’t supposed to be any at all. Frank—father, architect, murderer—is recruited for the mission to Mars with the promise of a better life, along with seven of his most notorious fellow inmates. But as his crew sets to work on the red wasteland of Mars, the accidents mount up, and Frank begins to suspect they might not be accidents at all. As the list of suspect grows shorter, it’s up to Frank to uncover the terrible truth before it’s too late. Dr. S. J. Morden trained as a rocket scientist before becoming the author of razor-sharp, award-winning science fiction. Perfect for fans of Andy Weir’s The Martian and Richard Morgan, One Way takes off like a rocket, pulling us along on a terrifying, epic ride with only one way out

We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets… A string of murders on Venus. Saturn’s impossible forest. Voyager I’s message to the stars◦– returned in kind. Edible sunlight. The Lowest Heaven collects seventeen astonishing, never-before-published stories from award-winning authors and provocative new literary voices, each inspired by a body in the solar system, and features extraordinary images drawn from the archives of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Contributors include Sophia McDougall, Alastair Reynolds, Archie Black, Maria Dahvana Headley, Adam Roberts, Simon Morden, E. J. Swift, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Charan Newton, Kaaron Warren, Lavie Tidhar, Esther Saxey, David Bryher, S. L. Grey, Kameron Hurley, Matt Jones and James Smythe. The Lowest Heaven is introduced by Dr. Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, with a cover designed by award-winning artist Joey Hi-Fi. Contains Sophia McDougall’s “Golden Apple”, a finalist for the British Fantasy Awards, E. J. Swift’s “Saga’s Children”, a finalist for the BSFA and Kaaron Warren’s “Air, Water and the Grove”, finalist for the Ditmar and winner of the Aurealis Awards. This is the solar system as you’ve never seen it before

Welcome to the Metrozone—post-apocalyptic London of the future. While the rest of Britain has devolved to anarchy, the M25 cordon protects a decaying city filled with homeless refugees, street gangs, exiled yakuza, crooked cops and mad cults. And something else; something new and dangerous. Enter Samuil Petrovitch: a Russian émigré with a smart mouth, a dodgy heart and a dodgier past. He’s brilliant, friendless, cocky and—armed only with a genius-level intellect, prototype cyberware and a prodigious vocabulary of Russian swear words—might just be most unlikely champion a city has ever had. Welcome to the future. Mind the gap. This omnibus edition contains EQUATIONS OF LIFE, THEORIES OF FLIGHT and DEGREES OF FREEDOM

Award-winning author Simon Morden’s stunning quest continues, unravelling magic and uncovering secrets on the way… LET’S FACE IT, NONE OF US DESERVE TO BE SAVED. Since escaping London’s inferno, Mary and Dalip have fought monsters and won◦– though in the magical world of Down, the most frightening monsters come from within. Now they hold the greatest of treasures: maps that reveal the way to the White City, where they can find the answers they’re looking for, and learn the secrets of Down. But to get there they must rely on Crows, who has already betrayed them at every turn. As they battle their way towards the one place in all of Down without magic, they must ask themselves how far they will go to find their way home. After all, if there’s one thing the White City offers those brave enough to enter, it’s more than they bargained for. SIMON MORDEN’S DOWN STATION WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY QUEST FOR MEANING AND IDENTITY. NOW HE’S LEADING US TO THE KIND OF TRUTHS THAT LEAVE US CHANGED

Winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Theorem: Petrovitch has a lot of secrets. Proof: Secrets like how to make anti-gravity for one. For another, he’s keeping a sentient computer program on a secret server farm—the same program that nearly destroyed the Metrozone a few months back. Theorem: The city is broken. Proof: The people of the OutZone want what citizens of the Metrozone have. And then burn it to the ground. Now, with the heart of the city destroyed by the New Machine Jihad, the Outies finally see their chance. Theorem: These events are not unconnected. Proof: Someone is trying to kill Petrovitch and they’re willing to sink the whole city to do it

Сражаясь за жизнь и право снова увидеть сына, Фрэнк Киттридж был вынужден убивать. Оставшись в одиночестве на марсианской базе, он решается на заключение сделки с корпорацией, пославшей его на смерть. Фрэнк знает, что для них он – «макака», но за возможность вернуться на Землю он готов терпеть и перевоплотиться в надсмотрщика Брэка, чтобы встретить астронавтов НАСА. Но неожиданное открытие ставит под угрозу не только возвращение домой, но и само существование Фрэнка – он не единственный человек на Марсе

Бывший архитектор Фрэнк Киттридж отбывает пожизненное наказание за убийство дилера, продававшего наркотики его сыну. Поэтому, когда ему предлагает сделку частная космическая компания, владеющая тюрьмой, он соглашается. Он был выбран, чтобы помочь построить первую постоянную базу на Марсе. К сожалению, его товарищи так же виновны в своих преступлениях, как и он, и ему придется научиться доверять им, если они хотят добиться успеха. По мере того, как заключенные ведут работы на пустынном и замерзшем Марсе, аварии множатся. Пока Фрэнк не начинает подозревать, что это не несчастные случаи. Среди них есть убийца, и все они – подозреваемые…

Шестте степени на Петрович: Майкъл е неизмеримо сложен ИИ, попаднал в капан под останките на Кулата Ошикора. Някой ден Петрович ще го освободи — просто трябва да вярва, че Майкъл ще запази здравия си разум дотогава. Мади и Петрович са изпаднали в криза на доверието. Тя го напуска, но Петрович е убеден, че все още го обича. Соня Ошикора също обича Петрович. Но играе някаква сложна игра и изобщо не е ясно дали възнамерява да го спаси от онова, което предстои. ЦРУ иска да спаси света. Добре де, само Америка, но за тях това е едно и също. Новият джихад на машините отново се обажда. Но Петрович го унищожи, нали така? Някога Армагедонистите взривиха света, опитвайки се да убият кажи-речи всичко живо. Сега смятат да го направят отново. И за кой ли път всички пътища водят към Петрович. Всеки иска нещо от него, а единственото, което иска той, е да бъде свободен…

ВТОРА ЧАСТ ОТ ПОРЕДИЦАТА „МЕТРОЗОНАТА“ Добре дошли в Метрозоната! В момента имаме технически проблеми и се сблъскваме с крайни прояви на насилие. Моля, докладвайте на остатъците от властта за всичко, което ви се стори подозрително. Теорема: Петрович има много тайни. Доказателство: Първо, например как да създаде антигравитация. Второ, той е скътал разумна компютърна програма на скрит сървър — същата програма, която преди няколко месеца едва не унищожи Метрозоната. Теорема: Градът се разпада. Доказателство: Хората от Външната зона искат онова, което притежават гражданите на Метрозоната. А сложат ли ръка върху него — да го изравнят със земята. Сега, когато сърцето на града е разрушено от Новия джихад на машините, Външните най-накрая съзират своя шанс. Теорема: Тези събития са свързани помежду си. Доказателство: Някой се опитва да убие Петрович и за да го направи, е готов да потопи целия град

Самуил Петрович е оцеляващ. След като се измъква от ядрената атака над Санкт Петербург, той намира убежище в Метрозоната на Лондон — последния град в Англия. Петрович остава жив толкова дълго, защото е човек на правилата и логиката. Например: ДА СЕ НАМЕСВАШ = ЛОША ИДЕЯ. Но когато се натъква на отвличане, той действа, без да се замисли. Преди да успее да се спре, спасява дъщерята на най-опасния човек в Лондон. И очевидно: СПАСЯВАНЕ НА МОМИЧЕ = ДА СЕ НАМЕСИШ. Така че сега уравнението на живота на Петрович изглежда все по-сложно: РУСКИ ГАНГСТЕРИ + ЯКУДЗА + НЕЩО, НАРЕЧЕНО НОВИЯТ МАШИНЕН ДЖИХАД = ЕДИН МЪРТЪВ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Но Петрович има план (той винаги има план), само не е сигурен, че този е добър