Roil – Trent Jamieson
Angry Robot Books, 2011
432 pages
RRP: US$7.99
ISBN: 978 0 85766 184 5

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Roil is set in a dystopian world where the Roil, an evil force thriving on darkness and heat, is advancing. It is told from multiple perspectives, centring around Margaret Penn, daughter of Engineers in Tate in the south, and David, son of one of the politicians of Mirrlees to the north. Those who enjoy harrowing apocalyptic stories will enjoy Roil, although at times I found it a little too dark for my taste.

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Slights – Kaaron Warren
Angry Robot Books, 2009
502 pages
RRP: £7.99
ISBN 978-0-00732-242-8

Review by Russell B Farr

Slights is a dark, dark book that you won’t be able to pull your eyes away from.

Stevie is a troubled young woman. Her police officer father was killed in the line of duty when she was a child, and five pages into the first chapter, eighteen-year-old  Stevie drives into a wall, killing her mother. Stevie then starts digging; digging up her family’s past, and digging up the overgrown backyard of her house, uncovering a number of forgotten secrets in the process.

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