It seems connected by literary electricity to other tales of isolation: The Shining, Pincher Martin, The Sea, The Sea. Identities become con-fused as his sexual obsession with a nightclub singer becomes entwined with sightings of Louise, his own torturous memories, and new visions of the lost Emily. Instead, the focus is on Artemis’s almost clinical observation of the character traits and behaviours of crew members and dryads, which appear incongruous. With its gothic motifs, this dark portrait of a ‘fairytale’ marriage is full of mystery and suspense… An elegant and bloodily shocking entertainment. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.

The Existential Detective is a surreal, dreamlike story of loss, incest and what it means to remember. The mission is to look for micro-organisms that might alleviate the critical levels of carbon dioxide on Earth. After the lengthy journey, as the ship nears its destination, unexplained glitches in safety features are detected.She has produced playful and provocative novels in several genres - supernatural, espionage, crime and postmodern metafiction. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Alice Thompson's gripping, deep space novel sees scientist and dream investigator Artemis travelling to the distant moon of Oneiros.

The reasons being unfold over time, but the main points, it's how dreams and consciousness, desire, humanity all share the same root to Dreams. In Edwardian England, Violet has a fairy tale existence: loving husband, beautiful baby son and luxurious home.

Her ship, the Chimera has been sent to look for organisms that will help assuage Earth's global warming, but it becomes clear on the journey that there are other disturbing reasons for the mission. Everyone else we see her encounter in the course of the story is, to varying degrees, obsessive, anti-social, manipulative, untrustworthy, a hologram or an AI. Ultimately, this is a very interesting book with some flaws in execution that made me more curious about the author's other work, which I can imagine working better. Other characters that tie in to this grand mythos: Cressida, Luther, Myra, Daniel, Seth (think Set).