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Tade Thompson

    January 1, 1950

    Tade Thompson is a British-born author of Yoruba descent, celebrated for his captivating science fiction novels. His work delves into the intricate interplay between technology, society, and the human psyche, offering readers a unique blend of speculative fiction and profound human insight. Thompson masterfully weaves complex scientific concepts with deeply personal narratives, creating stories that are both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant.

    Wild Card
    Far from the Light of Heaven
    Jackdaw
    Rosewater
    The Murders of Molly Southbourne
    The Rosewater Insurrection
    • The Rosewater Insurrection

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The year is 2067. The city of Rosewater is chaotic, vibrant and full of life - some of it extra-terrestrial. The charismatic mayor, Jack Jacques, has declared Rosewater a free state, independent to Nigeria. But the city's alien dome is dying. Government forces await its demise, ready to destroy Rosewater's independence before it has even begun. And in the city's quiet suburbs, a woman wakes with no memory of who she is - with memories belonging to something much older and much more alien.

      The Rosewater Insurrection
      4.0
    • The Murders of Molly Southbourne

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      "A bold outpouring of flesh and crisis at once horrifying and familiar." —The New York Times Winner of the 2018 Nommo Award for Best Novella Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne. A finalist for the 2017 BSFA Award, the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award. The rule is simple: don’t bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction. Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her. Can Molly find a way to stop the tide of blood, or will she meet her end at the hand of a girl who looks just like her?

      The Murders of Molly Southbourne
      3.8
    • Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel Africa's first award for speculative fiction John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future.

      Rosewater
      3.7
    • Jackdaw

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      The paperback edition of award-winning writer Tade Thompson's powerful literary novella about obsession, the creation of art and the many ways in which the urge to make can also turn into an urge to destroy.

      Jackdaw
      3.5
    • The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a new home among the stars. But when first mate Michelle Campion rouses, she discovers some of the sleepers will never wake. Answering Campion's distress call, investigator Rasheed Fin is tasked with finding out who is responsible for these deaths. Soon a sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel, one that will have repercussions for the entire system--from the scheming politicians of Lagos station, to the colony planet Bloodroot, to other far-flung systems, and indeed to Earth itself

      Far from the Light of Heaven
      3.4
    • Wild Card

      Thriller

      Kleine Flunkerei, große Wirkung: Weston Kogi kommt nach langen Jahren in England zur Beerdigung seiner Tante nach Alcacia, Westafrika, zurück und macht den Fehler, sich ein bisschen aufzuspielen und die Leute glauben zu lassen, er sei in London ein Police Detective. Ist er aber nicht, nur Wachmann in einem Einkaufszentrum. Er wird von zwei rivalisierenden Rebellengruppen mehr oder weniger gezwungen, den Mord an einem Konsenspolitiker aufzuklären, bzw. den Mord jeweils der anderen Rebellengruppe anzuhängen. Zu allem Überfluss mischt sich auch noch der brutale Geheimdienst der korrupten Regierung ein. Und Kogi muss nun sehen, wie er alle gegeneinander ausspielt und einigermaßen heil aus der Nummer herauskommt …

      Wild Card
      3.7
    • Rosewater - die Erlösung

      Roman

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      In "Rosewater - die Erlösung" von Tade Thompson kehren die Hauptfiguren in einer musikalischen Fuge zurück, verändert durch vergangene Ereignisse. Der neu gegründete Stadtstaat Rosewater steht vor unerwarteten Herausforderungen, während Aliens das Bewusstsein der Menschen übernehmen. Eine Gruppe von Außenseitern kämpft gegen diese Bedrohung und findet einen überraschenden Abschluss.

      Rosewater - die Erlösung