Inscape, Louise Carey
Inscape, Louise Carey
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Inscape
Book One

Author: Louise Carey

Series: Inscape

Narrator: Helen Keeley

Unabridged: 13 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 01/21/2021


Synopsis

'Louise Carey's dystopian future is chillingly plausible' Claire North

'Deftly written, mastefully paced, vividly imagined and absolutely gripping from the first page to last' Joe Hill

Warning: use of this gate will take you outside of the InTech corporate zone. Different community guidelines may apply, and you may be asked to sign a separate end-user license agreement. Do you wish to continue?

Tanta has trained all her young life for this. Her very first mission is a code red: to take her team into the unaffiliated zone just outside InTech's borders and retrieve a stolen hard drive. It should have been quick and simple, but a surprise attack kills two of her colleagues and Tanta barely makes it home alive.

Determined to prove herself and partnered with a colleague whose past is a mystery even to himself, Tanta's investigation uncovers a sinister conspiracy that makes her question her own loyalties and the motives of everyone she used to trust.

'A propulsive thriller filled with great twists and reversals' SFX

Introducing a razor-sharp debut SF thriller, INSCAPE holds a mirror up to our own reality by exploring just where our sinister corporation-led world might lead us. For fans of Bladerunner 2049, Mr Robot or 84K by Claire North.

About Louise Carey

Louise Carey is a fantasy and science-fiction author. She has co-written two novels for Gollancz, The City of Silk and Steel and The House of War and Witness, as well as a graphic novel, Confessions of a Blabbermouth, for DC Comics. She co-runs the Dungeons & Dragons blog Tabletop Tales. Louise lives in Welwyn Garden City with her partner. When she's not writing, she can usually be found playing board games, reading horror, or DMing for a group of rowdy but well-intentioned adventurers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 26, 2021

I received an uncorrected proof copy of Inscape in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Louise Carey and Gollancz. Inscape is a high-quality cyberpunk thriller that's set in a futuristic version of London following an event called the Meltdown. Throughout the novel's pages, we follow Tanta, a......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on January 22, 2021

"Louise Carey's dystopian future is chillingly plausible." - Claire North. That's the blurb on the cover, and Claire North is one of my favourite authors, which is why I wanted to review a copy of Inscape. As always I thank the publisher, Gollancz, for the opportunity. This is Louise Carey's first sol......more

Goodreads review by Brian on January 25, 2021

I've never been a huge fan of dystopian novels or movies - life can be miserable enough without making us even more depressed - but there are exceptions, and Louise Carey's Inscape proved to be one of them. Broadly, SF dystopias fall into two categories - bangs and whimpers. In a bang dystopia there......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 26, 2021

Louise Carey’s debut novel Inscape is a smart, modern sci-fi thriller, a dystopian tale exploring a worryingly realistic future in which corporations dominate every aspect of life, and London is held on a knife-edge between two all-powerful tech behemoths. Tanta is a Corporate Ward of InTech, raised......more

Goodreads review by Runalong on January 24, 2021

Excellent dark sf dystopian thriller with smart idea on how AR can be misused by corporations - fantastic duo of lead characters too! Very refreshing! Full review - [URL not allowed]......more


Quotes

In Tanta's world, warring corporations battle over the ruins of our civilisation. This is cyberpunk rebooted. Upload this now Stephen Baxter

Louise Carey's dystopian future is chillingly plausible . . . It is a rare gift for a book to be a warning, an adventure, a stark reminder of the fragility of the world we hold dear, and a thrilling ride that catches you by the heart and keeps you enthralled and guessing to the end Claire North

Deftly written, masterfully paced, vividly imagined, and absolutely gripping from the first page to last . . . Inscape is a total blast. Calling Hollywood: here's your next big streaming hit Joe Hill

A propulsive thriller plot filled with great twists and reversals. SFX Magazine

A page-turning thriller. The Guardian

SF that rockets along Live Otherwise blog

The pace is cracking, the writing immersive, the action sequences excellently visual, and the characters are solid and relatable. Fantasy Book Nerd

Manages to grip and entertain from the beginning and carves its own identity...INSCAPE is satisfying and page turning. Fright Fest

A cool, classy, cyberpunk riff on the old cold war spy thriller Financial Times

This is dystopian espionage cyberpunk, and it's very compelling Concatenation