An investigation of the human need to make connections, to find causes and effects, however fantastic, Conquest is the story of a disappearance, and of the mystery that follows.
Nina Allan Book order






- 2023
- 2022
A stunning new collection of stories edited by Jonathan Strahan about time- travel, finding love and finding it again.
- 2021
The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A mind-bending short-story collection from award-winning science fiction author Nina Allan.A collection of short stories from the award-winning author of The Rift and The Dollmaker, Nina Allan. This compilation brings together rarely seen tales spanning the vast breadth of Allan's writing career for the first time. It also includes a brand-new introduction and one never-before-published story. Locus has described Nina as 'a subversive writer... playing with both the familiar protocols of genre and with the nature of the reading experience itself.' This is a stunning collection from one of the most astute and innovative voices writing today.
- 2021
The Good Neighbours
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A masterful new novel by author of The Dollmaker, about a mysterious murder on a Scottish island and the nefarious influence of the fairy people known as 'the good neighbours'.
- 2020
Ruby
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Named as one of '50 Writers You Should Read Now' by The Guardian. From the award-winning author of The Rift, Nina Allan, this early novel cements her reputation as one of the most interesting contemporary speculative fiction writers.
- 2019
The Silver Wind
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Named as one of `50 Writers You Should Read Now' by The Guardian. From the award-winning author of The Rift, Nina Allan, The Silver Wind is a remarkable narrative exploring the nature of time itself.
- 2019
The Dollmaker
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
A love story about becoming real by an award-winning genre author emerging on the literary scene
- 2017
Selena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them. There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. It will be twenty years before Selena sees her again. When Julie reappears, she tells Selena an incredible story about how she has spent time on another planet. Selena has an impossible choice to make: does she dismiss her sister as a damaged person, the victim of delusions, or believe her, and risk her own sanity in the process? Is Julie really who she says she is, and if she isn’t, what does she have to gain by claiming her sister’s identity?
- 2016
One house, five hauntings, five chilling stories.
- 2016
The Race
- 447 pages
- 16 hours of reading
'Enticingly mysterious... akin to the best alternative history fiction... will keep readers fascinated for hours.' Publishers Weekly§§'a brilliantly weird world that's utterly riveting' - Kirkus Reviews§§'Evocative, descriptive and emotionally resonant' - Skiffy and Fanty
