How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.
FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand NewHow far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.
Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries.
Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man.
A good man.
But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction software, tells the world his chances. And not only will he not be President, but it predicts that he's going to do the worst thing he can imagine.
But can he change that destiny? Or is ClearVista simply showing him the man that he's always meant to be?
It will predict that Laurence's life is about to collapse in the most unimaginable way.
The latest SF thriller from the author of The Explorer, The Echo, The Testimony and The Machine. ClearVista is used by everyone and can predict everything. But sometimes its predictions are of things probably best not to know. 'Powerful and distinctive' Guardian
James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of The Testimony, The Machine and No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, as well as The Anomaly Quartet, which currently includes the novels The Explorer and The Echo. James lives in London and teaches creative writing. He can be found on Twitter @jpsmythe
'A writer of bold imagination and verve' Lauren Beukes'Savage, intimate and inexorable' Nick Harkaway'Powerful and distinctive' Guardian'Smythe's storytelling is pacey and addictive; he has a fiendish talent for springing surprises' The Times'Fully formed, fundamentally affecting, forward-thinking fiction. The sort of story that reminds us why we read, and what we, the people, need' Tor.com
How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine. Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries. Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man. A good man. But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction software, tells the world his chances. And not only will he not be President, but it predicts that he's going to do the worst thing he can imagine. But can he change that destiny? Or is ClearVista simply showing him the man that he's always meant to be? It will predict that Laurence's life is about to collapse in the most unimaginable way.
"A writer of bold imagination and verve" --Lauren Beukes "Savage, intimate and inexorable" --Nick Harkaway "Powerful and distinctive" -- Guardian "Smythe's storytelling is pacey and addictive; he has a fiendish talent for springing surprises" -- The Times "Fully formed, fundamentally affecting, forward-thinking fiction. The sort of story that reminds us why we read, and what we, the people, need" --Tor.com
* James's writing has been compared to Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Philip K Dick, JM Coetzee and Kazuo Ishiguro * No Harm is a parable for our time, playing on our fears of technology in a brave new world. Think The Circle by Dave Eggers crossed with Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon. * His fortnightly Guardian column on Stephen King regularly receives the most forum activity * James is a firm festival favourite to date appearing at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Latitude and Harrogate(in July 2014). * James has a great online profile through Twitter @jpsmythe and is a great spokesman on all things digital * The Testimony was awarded the Wales Fiction Book of the Year Prize in 2012. The Machine is shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014 (previous winners include Margaret Atwood, China Mieville and Lauren Beukes) and was shortlisted for the Kitschies Novel of 2014 (alongside Ruth Ozeki, Patrick Ness and Thomas Pynchon) Competition: Dark Made Dawn; Way Down Dark. Dave Eggers;
How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine. Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries. Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man. A good man. But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction software, tells the world his chances. And not only will he not be President, but it predicts that he's going to do the worst thing he can imagine. But can he change that destiny? Or is ClearVista simply showing him the man that he's always meant to be? It will predict that Laurence's life is about to collapse in the most unimaginable way. Gold title * James's writing has been compared to Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Philip K Dick, JM Coetzee and Kazuo Ishiguro * No Harm is a parable for our time, playing on our fears of technology in a brave new world. Think The Circle by Dave Eggers crossed with Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon. * His fortnightly Guardian column on Stephen King regularly receives the most forum activity * James is a firm festival favourite to date appearing at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Latitude and Harrogate(in July 2014). * James has a great online profile through Twitter @jpsmythe and is a great spokesman on all things digital * The Testimony was awarded the Wales Fiction Book of the Year Prize in 2012. The Machine is shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014 (previous winners include Margaret Atwood, China Mieville and Lauren Beukes) and was shortlisted for the Kitschies Novel of 2014 (alongside Ruth Ozeki, Patrick Ness and Thomas Pynchon) Competition: Dark Made Dawn; Way Down Dark. Dave Eggers;
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