Outcast, Louise Carey
Outcast, Louise Carey
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Outcast
Book Two

Author: Louise Carey

Series: Inscape

Narrator: Helen Keeley

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 07/21/2022


Synopsis

TRUTH.
LIES.
IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL THEM APART.

When a bomb goes off at InTech HQ, everything changes for Tanta's corporation. Order becomes disorder. Safety becomes danger. Calm becomes chaos.

Tanta is tasked with getting to the bottom of the attack before violence and unrest overtake the city. But even though the evidence points towards rival corporation Thoughtfront, Tanta can't shake the feeling that she's missing something.

There's a dark secret at the heart of the case, one that will reveal more about her own corporation than Tanta would like. And the closer Tanta gets to the mystery, the more she comes to realise something terrible:

Sometimes facing the truth can be the hardest thing of all.

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'Deft satire' New Scientist

'A page-turning thriller' Guardian on Inscape

'A high-octaine, cyberpunk-flavoured adventure' Washington Post on Inscape

'A propulsive thriller' SFX on Inscape

'Chillingly plausible' Claire North on Inscape

'This is cyberpunk rebooted' Stephen Baxter on Inscape

'Calling Hollywood: here's your next big streaming hit' Joe Hill on Inscape

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

The Outcast seems to be the conclusion of an eight-book tale. In the fashion of Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Prydain, the true king has taken his place on the throne after an epic story of quests and wars where good triumphs over evil, with the blood of the martyrs spilled in every corne......more

Goodreads review by Megan

This series is the most 12-year-old thing I have ever seen, by which I mean there are so many things that appeal to 12-year-olds, and that was BEFORE they added the wolves......more

Goodreads review by Liz

The Hatchling and The Outcast are my favorites so far. They are stories of greatest character and great redemption. I get mushy eyes reading these.......more


Quotes

Deft satire New Scientist

Immersive and intense . . . Thoroughly enjoyable in all its thrills, spills, twists and turns: I personally cannot wait for the next Inscape instalment from Carey Buzz Mag

Like its predecessor, Outcast is a whip-smart science fiction thriller with real depth. Conspiracies, revelations and more tension than you could wave a big stick at ensure this series continues to deliver on every level. The Eloquent Page

Outcast is a sleek, smart, fast paced and hugely enjoyable SF thriller with two really stand-out lead characters. We have a fascinating story exploring corporation's greed and ruthlessness, the power of mind control and the morality of doing the right thing. I raced through this and had a great time apart from knowing I've a while to wait for the next book. Firmly cementing Carey as a writer to watch in the genre. Strongly recommended! Runalong The Shelves

Inscape came along at the beginning of 2021 and blew my socks right off! And now at the beginning of 2022 we have Outcast, the second one in the series. And guess what, that blew my socks off too Fantasy Book Nerd

There's fine world-building here, and the plot moves at pace, with a few twists and turns to keep readers wrong-footed . . . I thoroughly enjoyed this novel so this is a strong recommendation from me Concatenation

A brilliant and powerful cyberpunk thriller read that is incredibly fun and very clever. Unseen Library