A press release from Keith Brooke of Infinity Plus:
Just out from Infinity Plus: Nocturnes and other Nocturnes by Claude Lalumiere, plus new editions of Stephen Palmer’s first three novels, and an omnibus edition of Keith Brooke’s Expatria series. And in early 2014: the extraordinary Hairy London by Stephen Palmer, plus more from our best-selling author, Eric Brown.
Nocturnes and other Nocturnes by Claude Lalumiere (ISBN: 1494461978)
Available in paperback and ebook formats from late December
Twenty-five dark stories that span a daring breadth of genres. In these noir tales that unfold at the edge of realism, mythic nocturnes from impossible pasts, and disquietingly intimate stories of speculative fiction, Claude Lalumiere explores our collective and intertwined obsessions with sex and death.
“In Nocturnes and Other Nocturnes Claude Lalumiere plumbs the deep trenches of yearning, fear and the agonies of unfulfilled needs.” –from the introduction by Garry Kilworth
“Claude Lalumiere’s stories are dark, mordant, precisely formed.” –Lucius Shepard
Memory Seed, Glass and Flowercrash by Stephen Palmer
Available in ebook formats from early December
There is one city left, and soon that will be gone, for the streets of Kray are crumbling beneath a wave of exotic and lethal vegetation threatening to wipe out the last traces of humanity. In the desperate struggle for survival most Krayans live from day to day, awaiting salvation from their goddesses or the government. A compelling first novel set on a world both deadly and fascinating.
“Palmer’s imagination is fecund, and his city, inhabited by clasing tribes of women (men are confined to breeding houses), with exotic biotechnologies which enable computers and other machines to be grown from genetically engineered seeds, is vividly drawn… a hectic but ultimately convincing debut.” —Interzone
A plague is spreading through the city of Cray. Nobody knows its origin and nobody has discovered a cure. Cray is dying. Of glass. As the city’s ruling council resorts to increasingly desperate measures to maintain order, two people’s lives are about to change…
“This is a brilliant second novel and makes, like its predecessor, a welcome change in a genre clogged with tat.” —SFX
Zaidmouth’s five communities are intertwined by artificial flower networks so complex they combine to create the virtual realities through which Zaidmouth is run. Yet into this vivid world a bad seed is about to be sewn.
“I would urge science fiction fans to read the novel… It’s an exciting and thought provoking story that is well worth seeking out.” —Aural Innovations
Expatria: the boxed set by Keith Brooke
Available in ebook formats from early December
A lost colony, rediscovered by descendant of its original investors… When the expedition from the Holy Corporation of GenGen arrives on Expatria, for some itlooks like salvation from a backward-looking, superstition-ridden society, but for others, it looks suspiciously like an invasion.
“In the recognized front ranks of SF writers.” —Locus
Hairy London by Stephen Palmer
Available in paperback and ebook formats in early 2014
What is love?
One evening at the Suicide Club three gentlemen discuss this age old problem — and thus a wager is made. Dissolute fop Sheremy Pantomile, veteran philosopher Komukope Wetherbee and down-on-his-luck Velvene Orchardtide all bet their fortunes on finding the answer amidst the dark alleys of a phantasmagorical Edwardian London.
But then, overnight, London Town is covered in hair. How the trio of adventurers cope with this unusual plague, and what conclusions they come to regarding love is the subject of this surreal, surprising and fast-paced novel.
And the East End threatens revolution…