Lake of Darkness: The Mindbending New Science Fiction Novel from Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

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Book cover for Lake of Darkness: The Mindbending New Science Fiction Novel from Adam Roberts

Lake of Darkness: The Mindbending New Science Fiction Novel from Adam Roberts

Lake of Darkness: The Mindbending New Science Fiction Novel from Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

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Description

Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.
The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Sß Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.
Raine claims he's acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole: Mr Modo. No one believes him.Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.
But something inexplicable has been happening to Raine, and whatever it is seems to be spreading. An historian studying serial killers from the 21st century interviews him... and then nearly kills someone herself. It becomes increasingly undeniable that there's something inside that black hole... and it's found a way out...

About the Author

Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK's most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Critical Reviews

It is rare to find a book that delves so deeply into science, philosophy, religion, and psychology, while also delivering a compelling story with complex, morally gray characters--Grimdark Magazine

[Praise for THE THIS] Fascinating . . . 5 stars!--SFX Magazine

[Praise for THE THIS] An accessible, frequently funny novel--Locus Magazine

[Praise for THE THIS] Sci-fi's most outrageous experimentalist--The Times

Publishing Information

Publisher: Gollancz
Pub date: 2025-07-01
Length: 400 pages

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