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Momenticon

ID 425751
Slug momenticon
Contributors
Author : Andrew Caldecott
Annotation
Description <p><span>From Andrew Caldecott, the author of the ROTHERWEIRD trilogy, comes a dark, enigmatic, compelling new adventure: think </span><span>Alice in Wonderland</span><span> meets </span><span>Station Eleven</span><span>, played out in places where paintings come to life.</span><span><br /><br />The world is on the brink of utter destruction. <br /><br />Despite the climate activists' best efforts, the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying plant life, animals, and most of humanity too.<br /><br />The few survivors live in domes protected from the lethal smog, serving Tempestas and Genrich, the world's last two great companies. They both have plans for mankind's future, but their visions are very different - and an uneasy collaboration between them is about to end, with desperate consequences.<br /><br />But not everyone is bound to the companies: far from these centres of power stands the Museum Dome, where persons unknown have assembled mankind's finest paintings and artefacts. Fogg, the curator, thinks he must be the last man left alive, for in the three years he's been there, he's not had a single visitor, and his only company is AIPT, his automated physical trainer, who's very good when it comes to hamstrings and push-ups, but rubbish at actual conversation.<br /><br />Then a single mysterious pill - a momenticon - appears in the Museum, proving he's not alone after all. Before Fogg knows what's hit him, he is embroiled in a desperate fight against time and the rival forces which threaten to overwhelm all that remains.</span></p>
Genres
Subjects
333 Science fiction NUR
334 Fantasy NUR
NSTC
Publisher Quercus
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 480
Duration
Publication date first 2022-05-12
Publication date latest 2022-05-12
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9781529415438 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9781529415469 (BC)

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