Green Valley - Softcover

Louis Greenberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789090237 ISBN 13: 9781789090239

Publisher: Titan Books (UK), 2019

Synopsis

Chilling near-future SF for fans of Black Mirror and True Detective.

When Lucie Sterling's niece is abducted, she knows it won't be easy to find answers. Stanton is no ordinary city: invasive digital technology has been banned, by public vote. No surveillance state, no shadowy companies holding databases of information on private citizens, no phones tracking their every move.

Only one place stays firmly anchored in the bad old ways, in a huge bunker across town: Green Valley, where the inhabitants have retreated into the comfort of full-time virtual reality - personae non gratae to the outside world. And it's inside Green Valley, beyond the ideal virtual world it presents, that Lucie will have to go to find her missing niece.

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Review

"A smart science fiction thriller... There are strong echoes of Black Mirror and the works of Philip K Dick here." --SFX

"Scarily realistic." --SciFiNow

"Green Valley is a stunning thriller, a tense story, a horror, but it s also a well-played out detective tale in a world of what could have been. Utterly brilliant." --The Dreamcage

"With its clever ideas and great pacing, Green Valley is the type of science fiction book that will make a reader think a little, but is not overly complex that you become lost. If you have a strong stomach and like ideas science fiction, you will enjoy this book." --SFBook

"An arresting tale of complicated moral compromises at the end of the digital rainbow... A chilling and thought provoking read." --Cultural Conversation

"Very engaging, and keeps you hooked throughout... Will produce images that will chill you and stay with after the book is done." --Set the Tape

"A thoroughly modern yet ageless epic... This is a story that is slick, action-packed and thrilling; a marriage of suspense and horror, with a carefully crafted crime story on the side." --Girl Reviews Book

"The story had a real City and the City feel to it... An incredibly atmospheric read." --Paperbacks and Pinot

"A disturbing but enthralling read...Fans of Laura Lam s cyberpunk thrillers and Black Mirror who enjoy a mix of crime, science fiction and a dash of horror should all be picking this up." --Runalong the Shelves

About the Author

Louis Greenberg is a renowned writer in his own right, having been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his debut novel The Beggars' Signwriters (Umuzi, 2007), but is perhaps more known for his work with Sarah Lotz as one half of internationally bestselling S.L. Grey. Green Valley is his first solo novel to be published outside his native South Africa. He is currently based in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1789090237
• ISBN 13: 9781789090239
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336