C. Litka
Auteur van A Summer in Amber
Reeksen
Werken van C. Litka
Castaways of the Lost Star: The Lost Star Tales #2 2 exemplaren
Lines in the Lawn 1 exemplaar
The Girl on the Kerb 1 exemplaar
The Aerie of a Pirate Prince 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- male
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 15
- Leden
- 42
- Populariteit
- #357,757
- Waardering
- 3.0
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 3
36 years after a combination of global warming and solar activity triggered the ‘Storm Years’ wrecking 21st century technology and causing the global population to collapse, a Cambridge post-doctoral student is trapped into spending a summer transcribing a set of research notes for a Scottish peer. The peer’s grandfather apparently developed a way to transmit electricity wirelessly and losslessly but the lab was badly damaged when the first of the ‘Storms’ hit. 36 years later, the notes have been found, albeit badly damaged by water and mice.
The story is told in the form of a series of diary entries as the post doc settles into the remote Highland estate where he is to work and interacts with the locals and the family.
An odd combination of sci-fiction and suspense, well worth the read.… (meer)