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By: Hannu Rajaniemi

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  • CategoryScience Fiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages302
  • Published2018
  • File size2.6 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781250178923

Key ideas from the book

  • The story imagines how the discovery of an afterlife could reshape political power.
  • Its 1938 alternate-history setting places Britain and the Soviet Union in competition across the worlds of the living and the dead.
  • SIS agent Rachel White's investigation explores the risks of pursuing a powerful suspected mole.
  • The novel combines espionage with speculative technology and an afterlife metropolis.
  • Readers interested in science fiction, alternate history, and spy thrillers will find these genres brought together.

About Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi

In this 2018 science-fiction alternate history, death has become something people can exploit rather than fear. The British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, a metropolis for the recently deceased, while the Soviet Union works to expand its influence there too.

SIS agent Rachel White is pursuing a Soviet mole, a case that threatens her career and takes her outside the rules. The novel brings espionage into a world where the dead remain part of the struggle for power, blending alternate history with speculative ideas about the afterlife.

About Hannu Rajaniemi

Hannu Rajaniemi is a Finnish-born science fiction writer with a background in mathematical physics. He writes in English and is known for combining scientific ideas with inventive settings and fast-moving plots. His novels include The Quantum Thief, the first book in a trilogy continued in The Fractal Prince and The Causal Angel, as well as the alternate-history novel Summerland. Across his fiction, Rajaniemi explores technology, identity, consciousness, and the changing boundaries between…

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