Cirrus@Austlit

'I wake up in a sleek, futuristic hospital. My last memory is from the nightclub, a birthday celebration. Now here … A note sits beside the bed. It says, ‘Welcome to the future.’ It’s in my handwriting.

'In a world where currency resides in the monetisation of youthful beauty, Kry has been granted a privilege. Eternal youth through cutting-edge science. But there is a downside. Every de-ageing process erases recent memories. The question is no longer what the future holds but what the past hides.

'A story about the science of vanity …'

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'Darkness is a reflection, and Julian is a lonely man until he meets the love of his life.

'Unfortunately, she is psychotic and drives him into his own madness. His only reprieve is in the arms of a sexbot. But who will win the emotional tug of war, AI or human?

'It’s closer than you think.

'The mythology of Narcissus told as a techno-gothic tragedy.'

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'A boy on the run. A secret held. A weapon unleashed.

'Out on the scorched plains of the West Australian deserts lives a boy in a hunk of rusted metal. His life is simple: search for water aquifers and sell their location to the water-starved megaRig cities crawling over the countryside. But fate has different plans. 

'A chance encounter propels him on a dark journey of self-discovery, where he becomes the most precious piece in a ruthless game of chess between the warring mech rivals. Disturbing truths about his past come to light and he must decide what he stands for and who he believes. 

'The safety of the planet is at stake.​'

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'Viva la revolution, baby!
'Freddy Fredrickson has gone missing, chasing after a dame named Maria. To the horror of his father, Maria's a sub-dweller who lives under the city. And she's organizing a revolution--which is a problem, considering Freddy's father is the mayor.
'While tracking down Freddy and Maria, Van Avram uncovers a festering truth about the city he calls home, one that will bring it to its knees.
'Literally.
'But with time running out, can Van discover whether Maria is who she says she is--and save the city?'

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'In the darkest heart of humanity, 1.Nemo is reborn from light. Now she seeks it.

'But to find the truth, she must disconnect herself from the society that sustains her life, and ascend the stairs to where she is forbidden. Beyond, she knows nothing is certain, except death when she unplugs. In a race against time, can she find enlightenment, throw off the chains of oppression and find salvation before her life-support systems fail?

'Nothing is perfect, and absolutely everything is floored. A mix of Prometheus myth, J.G. Ballard, Orwell, and Greek tragedy.'

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'Socially awkward DCI Tracy Hanson is having a bad day. It starts with a commercial flight crashing into the heart of London. She's chased by out-of-control helicopters. A mysterious sniper is on the loose. Her boss is giving her grief. Her work colleagues are full of attitude. And now she has a new and distracting partner, jealous girlfriends, a boy who has been orphaned by the crash, and a two o'clock appointment at the IVF clinic. Hanson hunts down the rogue sniper, but each clue forces her to face the truth behind her broken past, each revelation leading her toward the impossible. A net draws in around her, and the city turns on itself. In the houses of power, politicians and the military twist the crumbling civilization to bolster their own agendas, oblivious to the destruction they are ushering in. And that's before the aliens attack. The exciting prequel to The Hadron Damnation.'

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'I am Omega. I am the end. Welcome to the new age. One boy and a steam-powered bike on a journey to save the world. One girl and a past she cannot escape. Two insane warlords and a prize they cannot understand. One fate will bring them together, and at the centre is Sebastian facing his destiny. When everything is broken, when nothing is worth saving, when disease, defeat and hatred encircle you, it's time to face the darkness. Book 4 and the dramatic conclusion of the Tesla Evolution.' (Publication summary)

'Sergeant Delaney, outmoded and out-gunned, has been tasked with bringing down a rogue Police NT robot rampaging through Los Angeles. He and his young partner must question their own understanding about what defines them as human as they fight to bring down the mechanical beast.' (Publication summary)

'Van H. Avram, PI, stumbles from case to case, getting by on his good looks and appeal to desperate dames. But when a missing-person case dumps the body of a skinny blond thing on his doorstep, he finds himself plummeting into the clutches of an underworld intent on human sacrifice. An underworld of biblical origin. An ancient evil rises up to destroy the world and, without asking for it, Van is thrust into the role of savior. As reality-and the occasional building-collapses around him, he's chased, battered, and seduced by demons, vampires and unhinged women, all against a background of a war-ravished world wrapped up in vintage fashions and flying diesel-powered vehicles. Time ticks down to a do-or-die moment as the fate of the universe is decided in one final battle. But to save the universe, Van must face his own demons and an unremembered past. For fans of Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and Douglas Adams.' (Publication summary)

'London, 1910. Spoilt and wild, Genevieve Cranston is a party girl with little to live for when her reckless lifestyle flings into the gutters after the suspicious death of her father and the mysterious disappearance of her younger brother Lindsey.

'Rescued, redeemed and trained for action by the radical suffragette Amazons, Genevieve will stop at nothing to find her missing brother. She is soon caught up in a dense web of deceit and double-dealing, as both sides of the political landscape manoeuvre to shape the future of the free world.

'Time is running out, war is on the horizon and Genevieve needs to grow up fast. Lindsey is an important player in the game of cat and mouse, and with the aid of some gifted friends, Genevieve is hell-bent on saving him, and upon revenge.

'Unless it all goes wrong.'

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'Book three in the award-winning science fiction series, the Tesla Evolution. "I've been chased across the land by cyborgs, dragons, giant spiders, and mutated zombie people. I've seen the destruction of cities, the death of my family and friends, and the fall of an empire. To be honest, I've had enough of adventure. I wish I could go home but it got blown up by the cyborgs when they came and killed everyone in my town." As one war ends another begins, as a fleeing dictator seeks an alliance with an old enemy in the east. Politicians lie and cower as they lead the people into an infected future, trading away innocent people for a despairing grab for power. For many, the price of war becomes too great. Enemies become friends, friends become enemies, and the land continues to die. Sebastian learns that in war there are no winners, and everything has its price. Through improbable achievements and desperate sacrifice, he turns to a dark future where the only choice is to soldier on, even if it costs everything. Includes zombies!' (Publication summary)

'Book Two of the Tesla Evolution. When friends fail and cities fall, when enemies grow strong taking everything you treasure, what can you do? Strike back. Sebastian and Melanie crusade against the cyborg enemy, risking everything against betrayal's cruel bite. The Steam Academy is being rebuilt, but the city is not the same. The fortress of science-the last sanctuary from the marauding cyborg army sweeping the land-is being twisted by refugees as they flood to the city for protection. The world changes, power corrupts, and the enemy becomes harder to identify. Dark deeds are afoot, and friends are not who they appear to be as Sebastian and Melanie embark on a mission that leads them into the very heart of the enemy's territory, where they must face their darkest fears and risk losing everything that is important to them.' (Publication summary)

'Two men on opposing sides of the law seeking redemption. A woman who loves them both but can save only one. Ten days of drama. Ten days that changed the world.

'Evan Waugh is not the best of cops, and is on his last chance before being shown the door. Seth Pascal-the creator of Lucid, a cutting edge immersive video game-is a man bent on revenge on his former employer, Odyssey, who has stolen his creation. The two are brought together by a hospitalized girl, Ellen.

'Lucid is where they all meet in a cocktail of drugs, sex, violence, and greed. There are no more good guys. And, possibly, nothing is real.' (Publication summary)

'Cyberpunk vs Steampunk: the battle is on. Welcome to the evolution. Book 1 in the award winning science fiction series, the Tesla Evolution. Set a millennia in the future, nuclear war has wiped out much of civilization in the northern hemisphere. The planet has slowly been getting hotter and water is becoming a rare resource. Out of the ruins of a civilization that has collapsed in on itself, have arisen a new breed of people - those with the power to control magnetism. Seb, a young orphan boy from a quiet rural town, is being hunted by strange part-machine, part-human people. His only hope is Melanie, an angry, dying teenage girl who is dragged into the adventure and sets out to deliver him to the Steam Academy, even if it's just to stop him talking. Seb must confront an unknown past and fight against everything he believed in. And occasionally wash his hair. Set in the only continent to survive the annexation of civilization and nuclear fallout, the great, hot southern land is a world of pain and desperation, where the only form of currency worth having is water. Aimed at a teen audience.' (Publication summary)