Highly Recommended.
Stephanie Saulter’s Revolution series (previously Gemsigns, Binary and now this novel) has generated much excitement within the genre community but it is clear that she deserves the widest of audiences. Set in a recognisable and not too distant future the series seamlessly slips technologies and idea that are exciting developments of those we are surrounded by today into tightly plotted thrillers driven by tensions we are very familiar with; the threat to the environment, renewable resources, terrorism and the pressures of a life that challenges our beliefs about what we are.
Saulter’s characters shine. These are not mechanistic thrillers, they are peopled by individuals whose lives we would recognise even as their differences might apparently set us apart. They talk like us, laugh at the same things, share the same fears.
In these books the “others” are neither strange aliens or migrants from other countries, rather they are genetically modified “post humans” – altered versions of us. Like every “other” they are treated with suspicion by some and like every “other” we share much with them.
All good SF is really about the here and now. Regeneration is particularly close to home and is centred around a threat to a renewable energy project in the Thames Estuary. Is the threat terrorism? Can the future be found despite politics and commercial concerns? Fans of Richard Morgan and Justina Robson will feel on very familiar territory here.
The gillungs - genetically modified, waterbreathing humans - are thriving. They've pioneered new aquatic industries, and their high-efficiency quantum battery technology coupled to tidal turbines in the Thames estuary looks set to revolutionise the energy industry. But as demand grows, so does fear of what their newfound power might mean.
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The gillungs - genetically modified, waterbreathing humans - are thriving. They've pioneered new aquatic industries, and their high-efficiency quantum battery technology coupled to tidal turbines in the Thames estuary looks set to revolutionise the energy industry.
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Regeneration was written by Stephanie Saulter and published by Jo Fletcher Books an imprint of Quercus Publishing
Regeneration has 384 pages
Yes it is part of (R)Evolution series
