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Summerland

Auteur(s): Hannu Rajaniemi
Narrateur(s): Antonia Beamish
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From Hannu Rajaniemi, one of the most exciting science fiction writers in the last decade, comes an awe-inspiring account of the afterlife and what happens when it spills over into the world of the living

Loss is a thing of the past. Murder is obsolete. Death is just the beginning.

In 1938, death is no longer feared but exploited. Since the discovery of the afterlife, the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, a metropolis for the recently deceased.

Yet Britain isn’t the only contender for power in this life and the next. The Soviets have spies in Summerland, and the technology to build their own god.

When SIS agent Rachel White gets a lead on one of the Soviet moles, blowing the whistle puts her hard-earned career at risk. The spy has friends in high places, and she will have to go rogue to bring him in.

But how do you catch a man who’s already dead?

Other Tor books by Hannu Rajaniemi:

Jean le Flambeur series
1. The Quantum Thief
2. The Fractal Prince
3. The Casual Angel

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“The best first SF novel I've read in years. Hard to admit, but I think he's better at this stuff than I am.” —Charles Stross on The Quantum Thief

“Spectacularly and convincingly inventive, assured and wholly spellbinding: one of the most impressive debuts in years.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on The Quantum Thief

“A stellar debut.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The Quantum Thief

“Outstanding... A storytelling skill rarely found from even the most experienced authors.” —Library Journal, starred review, on The Quantum Thief

“Rajaniemi has spectacularly delivered on the promise that this is likely to be the most important SF novel we'll see this year.” —Locus on The Quantum Thief

“Absolutely incredible… Endlessly inventive and compulsively readable. It's one of the best books of the year.” —RT Book Reviews, Top Pick on The Quantum Thief

"Magnificent...pure magic." —NPR on Collected Fiction

"The best and most original debut anthology since Angela Carter's Fireworks 40 years ago." —The Wall Street Journal on Collected Fiction
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Summerland is a great spy thriller, set in an alternative history where the Spiritualism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries wasn't just a fad with a variety of charlatan mediums conducting fraudulent seances, in this novel it all turned out to be real. In this story, there is a spirit world that people go to after they die, containing spirits and an entire society which can be communicated with clearly through a variety of fashions. This has had incredible historical, political, and religious ramifications in the decades preceding this story since "death" has become merely a transition and not a completion (at least for those that have a "ticket"), and political struggles exist in (and transcend) both life and death.

While the story wasn't perfect (I felt some ideas and plot threads could have been developed better), and it was a bit hard to follow early on (it doesn't coddle the reader - it throws them right into the world head first), I did enjoy it very much. I could see more stories being told in this universe, with or without the main characters in this novel returning. Overall, a very entertaining, novel, and worth my monthly #Audible1 credit.

A Great Spy-Thriller / Alternate History Story

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This was a book with a really amazing high concept, but a frankly boring second act, and not enough interrogation of said high concept. Pretty skippable.

Great ideas, weak execution

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