Prologue

It’s Halloween, which means it’s officially long past time to start getting ready for Christmas. Don’t believe me, the Christmas lights are already lit here in Covent Garden, just outside Gollancz Towers. If this doesn’t […]

When the weather is this stunning it always makes me think of summer and for me, summer belongs to the Southern Vampire. Over four years ago, I joined Team Gollancz. My first big project was […]

Late May, after the long rains. The ground had borrowed moisture from the clouds; now the sky claimed its debt in endless hot, dry days. For the children, it was a relief. After weeks of […]

I’ve read Alastair Reynolds before and, like many, fallen in love with his grand, robust, yet wry take on the staples of SF. His tarnished futures, his untidy, yet awesome universes. Here was a writer […]