Authors here inhabit Science Fiction with an otherworldly zeal that makes the rest of us feel downright grounded. That's why we need their extraordinary powers of imagination in order to defy the humdrummery of everyday life. But, what's so brilliant is the structured logic behind these extreme plotlines that make these stories so compellingly plausible. They make the impossible seem possible with their audacious imaginations. That makes it all the more intriguing.
SCIENCE FICTION / SUSPENSE It's not easy pretending to be a robot. Just ask Charlie. The very morning his employer was to unveil the world's first artificial human being to a select group of investors, the android ran away. Now it's up to Charlie to pose as the robot until the real machine is found. The only thing is, androids are supposed to be tall and good looking.
Or at the very least, be good at board games. Charlie isn't. To make matters worse, a rival robotics company is intent on stealing Charlie for themselves. In short, it's a nightmare, and as the weeks pass and there's still no sign of the run-away android, Charlie is faced with a difficult decision, continue the deception or come clean. Either way, his life will never be the same.
SCIENCE FICTION / MEDICAL In Returning Left Luggage, Book Two of the ARIA Trilogy, we Finally Meet the Aliens! Unlike most science fiction aliens, these ignore the remaining humans, or make use of them for labour. They don’t bargain on encountering the psychotic Dr Antonio Menzies, and when he discovers how to use their telepathic-controlled gadgets, odd things happen. Meanwhile Ryder’s isolation group are in the South Pacific facing invasion problems of another kind. That, and trouble in the French Alps, along with a runaway exotic weed, makes this sequel one you’ll not want to miss.
ARIA:Alien Retrograde Infectious Amnesia Without our memories, who are we?
SCIENCE FICTION / MEDICAL Today, Jack caught a bug at work. He had caught an amnesia bug, and it’s infectious. He catches a bus home. By the time he disembarks in the desert town of Rosamond, all the other passengers and the driver have fuzzy heads. Imagine the ramifications! The passengers arrive home, infecting family; some shop en route infecting everyone they meet. The bus driver receives more passengers giving them change for last week’s prices and today’s amnesia. Some passengers work at the power plant, the water treatment works, the hospital, fire station. All shut down in weeks. One man, Ryder Nape, realizes what’s going on, but can he persuade friends to barricade themselves in a secluded valley, hiding from the amnesia bug?