John Jarrold

A terrific quote from Ken MacLeod for Hannu Rajaniemi’s SUMMERLAND, published later this month by Gollancz in the UK and Tor in the US:

 

Some great scientists were mesmerised by Spiritualism and psychical research – but what if they’d been right? That’s the premise of this intriguing spy thriller set in a 1938 where aetheric science has built a very British afterlife and Bolsheviks have turned Lenin literally into a god. In this coldest of all wars, both sides forget they have built on the abyss, which has not forgotten them. A tense and twisting tale full of delightful allusions and ingenious ironies.