Louise Carey

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare. Join the award-winning Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fiction's bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz. Featuring stories by Simon R. Green Caitin Rozakis Louise Carey Adrian Tchaikovsky Ian Whates M. R. Carey Paul Magrs Delilah S. Dawson Robert Shearman Stark Holborn Christina Henry Una McCormack Jonathan Maberry

THE SAFETY OF INTECH'S RESIDENTS IS PARAMOUNT.INSURRECTION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.Tanta and Cole may have stopped the mass murder of InTech's residents, but the cost was severe. Despite their efforts, Harlow 2.0 - the update to InTech's mind-based operating system - fed out. Now its citizens are compliant zombies, and Tanta and her crew are trapped underground.All except for Fliss, who has no system to update. She alone can go outside, and it's Fliss the crew are relying on to help get them out.For only then can they dismantle the damage Harlow 2.0 has done. If Tanta, Cole and InTech's residents are to truly be free, it needs to be destroyed. But Tanta knows that task will put her on a collision course with the corporation that raised her, her oldest friends, and the woman who was once her soulmate.And this last mission might ask more of her than she's able to give.'Deft satire' New Scientist'A whip-smart science fiction thriller' The Eloquent Page

'A first-class Science Fiction thriller. Unquestionably and undoubtedly brilliant in its intelligence and ingenuity' Netgalley reviewer ? ? ? ? ?THE SAFETY OF INTECH'S RESIDENTS IS PARAMOUNT.INSURRECTION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.Tanta and Cole may have stopped the mass murder of InTech's residents, but the cost was severe. Despite their efforts, Harlow 2.0 - the update to InTech's mind-based operating system - fed out. Now its citizens are compliant zombies, and Tanta and her crew are trapped underground.All except for Fliss, who has no system to update. She alone can go outside, and it's Fliss the crew are relying on to help get them out.For only then can they dismantle the damage Harlow 2.0 has done. If Tanta, Cole and InTech's residents are to truly be free, it needs to be destroyed. But Tanta knows that task will put her on a collision course with the corporation that raised her, her oldest friends, and the woman who was once her soulmate.And this last mission might ask more of her than she's able to give.'A whip-smart science fiction thriller' The Eloquent Page'Carey's writing is fantastic . . . a thrilling ride, true to the adventurous thrill of the first two books' Netgalley reviewer ? ? ? ?

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.* * * * * * * * * * *'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

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.* * * * * * * * * *Readers can't put down Louise Carey's latest technothriller:'Totally riveting . . . so genuinely intense and so awe-inspiring that I was totally absorbed in the story. I thoroughly enjoyed Outcast with all its thrills and spills and twists and turns' Goodreads reviewer ? ? ? ? ?'Plenty of action and some heartbreak for both along the way . . . the new POV character, Fliss, was a great addition . . . The ending [is] so intriguing that I absolutely have to find out what happens next' Goodreads reviewer ? ? ? ? ?'Outcast is a sleek, smart, fast paced and hugely enjoyable SF thriller' Run Along the Shelves'An entertaining and gripping technothriller that kept me turning pages . . . the plot kept me guessing' Goodreads reviewer ? ? ? ?'I loved the dystopian world . . . [the ending] was unexpected but very satisfying . . . If you enjoy dystopian sci-fi stories with cyberpunk flair, you should check out this series' Netgalley reviewer ? ? ? ? 'Blew my socks off . . . Louise Carey's writing is top notch and she immerses the reader in the world . . . Tanta and Cole are as brilliant as ever . . . Outcast is a brilliant second outing for the pair and I enjoyed every page of it' Netgalley reviewer ? ? ? ?

'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 HillWarning: 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' SFXIntroducing 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.

“A fantastical ghost story and a suspenseful military mystery . . . A daringly original fantasy novel” from the acclaimed authors of The Steel Seraglio (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1740, an Austrian infantry company more than two hundred strong arrives at the Prussian border. Their orders: to defend the town of Narutsin when war--inevitably--breaks out. But they don’t get the warm welcome they’re expecting. If anything, the locals seem strangely secretive, and the soldiers who previously garrisoned in the village have disappeared. Fearing the villagers may be consorting with the enemy, the commander orders his prim young lieutenant Klaes to investigate . . . On the outskirts of town, in a dilapidated manor known as Pokoj, the road-weary soldiers make their home for the winter. Accompanying them is Drozde, a camp follower and entertainer who possesses a very special talent: she can see and communicate with the dead. She’s the only one who knows that the crumbling mansion is far from empty. It’s teeming with ghosts--and they know her. Each spirit tells Drozde how they became a part of Pokoj’s sprawling history, hinting at its future as well as its past. As she listens to their tales, it becomes apparent that the story of the manor hasn’t yet ended--and that she and Klaes have their own parts to play in the horror that is to come . . .

“A confident One Thousand and One Nights for our present . . . Furious pop entertainment--full of sex, passion, violence, and magic.” - Slant magazine This is the story of the legendary City of Women, told through the tales of those who founded it, championed it, and made it flourish. When the city of Bessa undergoes a violent coup, its lazy, laissez-faire ruler, Bokhari Al-Bokhari, is replaced by the religious zealot Hakkim Mehdad. With little use for the pleasures of the flesh, Hakkim sends his predecessor’s 365 concubines to a neighboring sultan as a gift. But when the new sultan discovers the concubines are harboring Al-Bokhari’s youngest son--a child who might grow up to challenge his rule--he repents of his mercy and sends his soldiers to slaughter the seraglio down to the last woman and child. What he doesn’t count on is a concubine trained in the art of murder--or the courage and fortitude of the women who will rise up with her to forge their own city out of the unforgiving desert. It’s an undertaking beset with challenges: hunger and thirst, Hakkim’s relentless hate, and the struggle to make a place for themselves in a world determined to underestimate and undermine them. Through a mosaic of voices and tales, we learn of the women’s miraculous rise, their time of prosperity--and how they carried with them the seed of their own destruction.

Battle-hardened soldiers, a village with secrets and the lost souls of a timeless house collide in this stunning historical ghost story from the acclaimed authors of THE CITY OF SILK AND STEEL.

An ARABIAN NIGHTS-style fantasy by the acclaimed author of the Felix Castor novels - and his wife and daughter.