The Edge (The Anomaly Quartet, Book 3)

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Sharp, gripping, and disturbing, THE EDGE is the third book in The Anomaly Quartet.
Years ago, a vast and mysterious object known as the Anomaly was discovered in deep space. All missions to explore and explain it failed.

Now, the Anomaly has almost reached Earth, threatening to swallow the planet whole. On an orbital research station, a team of scientists desperatelysearch for a way to stop it or destroy it.

One of the crew, Ali, has lost faith in the mission. Following the death of a close friend, her only interest is returning to the ground to her young son. But strange events, both inside the station and in the void beyond, force Ali to pursue a new mystery. And as the truth starts to make itself clear, as deadly secrets are uncovered, Ali is forced to ask if she can trust anybody: her crewmates, her friends even herself.

Reviews

Praise for The Anomaly Quartet:

It's like an episode of Star Trek written by JM Coetzee
Guardian

THE EXPLORER has the dreamlike detachment of an Ishiguro novel
Financial Times

Beautifully written, creepy as hell. THE EXPLORER is as clever in its unravelling as it is breathlessly claustrophobic
Lauren Beukes, author of THE SHINING GIRLS

As you marvel at this twist-laden deep-space exploration thriller, its hard not to draw comparisons with Duncan Jones film Moon
Shortlist

A fascinating character study that could only exist in a science-fictional world
io9.com

'The SF novel everyone should read'
Foyles

Author Bio

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