The Echo (The Anomaly Quartet, Book 2)
By (Author) James Smythe
Book 2
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
27th January 2015
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Science fiction: military
Science fiction: space exploration
Science fiction: aliens / UFOs
Science fiction: space opera
Science fiction: near future
Hard science fiction
Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic
Psychological thriller
Adventure / action fiction
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm
220g
The stunning sequel to James Smythes critically acclaimed literary sci-fi novel THE EXPLORER
TWENTY YEARS following the spacecraft Ishiguros disappearance, humanity is setting its sights on the heavens once more.
Under the direction of two of the most brilliant minds science has ever seen twin brothers Tomas and Mirakel Hyvnen this space programme has been tasked with one of the most difficult missions in its history: to study what is being called the anomaly a vast blackness of space thought to be responsible for the loss of the Ishiguro.
But as the anomaly tests Mira and the rest of the hand-picked crews sanity, Tomas will have to use all his ingenuity if he is to save his brother and their mission.
If you love GRAVITY try James Smythe
Buzzfeed.com
Creepy, compulsive Science Fiction
Metro
Science Fiction for those who dont think they like it
Independent
A tightly knotted, expertly constructed space trip of a read
Guardian
A wonderful examination of coping with loss, time and
death SFX
Its like an episode of Star Trek written by JM Coetzee 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