Momenticon, Andrew Caldecott
Momenticon, Andrew Caldecott
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Momenticon

Author: Andrew Caldecott

Narrator: John Hastings

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Arcadia

Published: 05/12/2022


Synopsis

A hugely compelling, dark, offbeat adventure from the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD.

The world has become a dangerous place. Despite the environmentalists' best efforts, the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying almost all life - plants, animals, and most of humanity too.

Survivors live in domes protected by chitin shields, serving one or other of the two great companies, Lord Vane's Tempestas or Lord Sine's Genrich, with their very different visions for mankind's future. A long period of uneasy collaboration between them is about to end.

Far from these centres of power stands the Museum Dome, where persons unknown have assembled mankind's finest paintings and artefacts and installed a young man, Fogg, as its curator. Here he has laboured for three years without a single visitor and with only AIPT, his automated physical trainer, for company.

Then a single mysterious pill - a momenticon - appears in the Museum and triggers a series of bewildering events, embroiling Fogg and his unexpected new companions in a desperate fight against the dark forces which threaten to overwhelm all that remains.

And time is running out.

(P) 2022 Quercus Editions Limited

About Andrew Caldecott

Andrew Caldecott is a KC, an occasional playwright and author of the bestselling Rotherweird trilogy, Rotherweird, Wyntertide and Lost Acre. Simul, the sequel to Momenticon, will publish in 2024.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melindam on November 03, 2024

4,5 stars I'd never would have thought that I would ever rate a dystopian book to almost 5 stars, but author Andrew Caldecott proved me wrong. Having read and loved his Rotherweird, I was both curious and apprehensive of this new novel of his, but I lapped it up in record time. It is a post-apocalypti......more

Goodreads review by Alexandrina on February 03, 2023

Поредица от природни бедствия, породени от небрежността и егоизма на човечеството стартира приключението в “Моментикон”, което съчетава науката и изкуството по оригинален и запомнящ се начин. Този жанр не е сред любимите ми, но след като разбрах, че между страхотните корици се крият многобройни произ......more


Quotes

A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination HILARY MANTEL, two-time Man Booker prize winner, on ROTHERWEIRD

One of the UK's most intriguing imaginations. His novels remind me very much of Neal Stephenson and this book put me in mind of Josiah Bancroft's Selin Ascends. These comparisons I make as an absolute compliment. Momenticon is whimsical science fiction at its finest: a satisfying jigsaw where the bigger picture doesn't become visible until the final piece is slotted into place GEEK DAD on MOMENTICON

Sheer post-apocalyptic weirdness . . . Momenticon is wild but fun PILE BY THE BED on MOMENTICON

It feels non-stop: constantly splitting the protagonists up and bringing them together again, delivering a series of growing climaxes and then leaving readers hanging for a concluding second volume PILE BY THE BED on MOMENTCION

One of the most unique books I've read . . . compelling and enrapturing story that captures the reader from the first page to the last. Caldecott managed to craft something that is utterly his own . . . a five-star read GRIMDARK MAGAZINE on MOMENTICON

A book that is unlike anything else you have read SF BOOK REVIEWS on MOMENTICON

Momenticon is a strange dreamlike tale that was just wonderful MUSEBOOKS on MOMENTICON

Caldecott's prose is very readable, and his world very inventive SFX MAGAZINE on MOMENTICON

A gripping and enthralling trip into a phantasmagorical world ANNA RELLIX on MOMENTICON

Lean into the weirdness and you're bound to find something you love! Caldecott is in a league of his own. His style is distinct, his voice unmistakable SHARON CHOE, Read Between the Lines, on MOMENTICON